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I have had my two screens for about a month now. I've
rotated one as to be able to view documents and longer spreadsheets
easier but I am having a little bit of trouble with the Excel spreadsheets.

With each new Excel file I open they seem to want to only come up
using the same program copy in the same window and cannot be "slid" over to
the other screen. Excel will work separately if you actually start the
program without a file reference and then open the file through File.Open.

Word permits a file to be shrunk and moved to the other screen and
then enlarged. Sure would like to be able to do that with Excel.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
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<pre wrap=""I have had my two screens for about a month now. I've
rotated one as to be able to view documents and longer spreadsheets
easier but I am having a little bit of trouble with the Excel spreadsheets.

With each new Excel file I open they seem to want to only come up
using the same program copy in the same window and cannot be "slid" over to
the other screen. Excel will work separately if you actually start the
program without a file reference and then open the file through File.Open.

Word permits a file to be shrunk and moved to the other screen and
then enlarged. Sure would like to be able to do that with Excel.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
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<font face="Arial"I'm not sure I entirely understand how you normally
do this, but my procedure to do what I _think_ you want, using Excel97,
is as follows:<br
<br
1) open Excel in the normal manner on one screen<br
<br
2) drag one edge of the window across to cover two screens<br
<br
3) open the two files I'm interested in working with in the normal
manner -- either by double clicking on the file names within Windows
Explorer, or by using the File&gt;Open route inside Excel.<br
<br
4) Click on Window &gt; Arrange and then on Vertical<br
<br
5) This shows both files I want to work with in the Excel window side
by side.Â* At that point I can drag the edges of the individual files
around to arrange them as I want on the two screens.<br
<br
Good luck....<br
<br
Bill<br
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<pre wrap=""I have had my two screens for about a month now. I've
rotated one as to be able to view documents and longer spreadsheets
easier but I am having a little bit of trouble with the Excel spreadsheets.

With each new Excel file I open they seem to want to only come up
using the same program copy in the same window and cannot be "slid" over to
the other screen. Excel will work separately if you actually start the
program without a file reference and then open the file through File.Open.

Word permits a file to be shrunk and moved to the other screen and
then enlarged. Sure would like to be able to do that with Excel.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
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<font face="Arial"I'm not sure I entirely understand how you normally
do this, but my procedure to do what I _think_ you want, using Excel97,
is as follows:<br
<br
1) open Excel in the normal manner on one screen<br
<br
2) drag one edge of the window across to cover two screens<br
<br
3) open the two files I'm interested in working with in the normal
manner -- either by double clicking on the file names within Windows
Explorer, or by using the File&gt;Open route inside Excel.<br
<br
4) Click on Window &gt; Arrange and then on Vertical (or Tiled or
whatever).Â* I suspect that this is the step that you're currently
missing.<br
<br
5) This shows both files I want to work with in the Excel window side
by side.Â* At that point I can drag the edges of the individual files
around to arrange them as I want on the two screens.<br
<br
Good luck....<br
<br
Bill<br
<br
<br
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