Jim,

Tried that, but now, when I double click on an excel file in a fold, on my
desktop, or in an email message, it opens Excel but tells me it cannot find
the file, so I have to click on the Office icon, Open, and select the file.

It gives me the functionality I needed (multiple instances of Excel), but
with a little more work.

Any idea why it won't just open the Excel file in another instance of Excel?

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"Jim Rech" wrote:

It's still around - Excel Options, Advanced, General, Ignore other apps that
use DDE

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| I've got a dual monitor setup, and want to configure Excel to allow me to
| open a spreadsheet in a new instance, so I can look at two spreadsheets,
| simultaneously.
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| In 2003, there was an option under the Tools menu that allowed me to
ignore
| other applications (or something like that). I've looked at the Excel
| Options in 2007, but have not found this option. Anybody know where to
find
| that option in 2007?
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