In Excel 2003, go to Tools-Options. On the View tab, check the "Windows In
Taskbar" option.

HTH.

-- Gemini

"shollomon" wrote:



I want each file to open in its own exclusive window by default? I don't
want them in the same workspace (I prefer to manage windows with the desktop
as opposed to the application). I have seen suggestions that appending "%1"
to the string in File Type will make this happen in XP, but you can't edit
file types in detail in Vista.

How can I make this happen in Vista. Its a major annoyance to me.

In Excel 2007 with Vista, checking the "Show in Task Bar" option does indeed
show a taskbar entry for each file that is open. However, only one file is
shown on the desktop at a time. Multiple files can be shown inside the Excel
workspace tiled or what ever.

What I am looking for is a way, using Vista and Excel 2007, to display
multiple spreadsheets on the desk top, each maximized in its own workspace
and to have that happen as the default when I click on an excel file icon.
Despite extensive searching on the Web and posting on this and numerous other
forums, I have yet to find an answer.

To any MS employees reading this. My experience searching for the answer to
this question is that I am far from alone in wanting this behavior from
Excel. It is extremely annoying not to be able to have multiple sheets open
on the desktop. OpenOffice does this with ease.