open different workbooks in individual instances of excel
I am unable to open multiple workbooks in multiple instances of excel - like
opening multiple word documents in multiple instances of word - is there some setting or workaround that can resolve this? Working on multiple workbooks in the same window/instance is very slow, confusing and should be un-necessary |
open different workbooks in individual instances of excel
If you open the file via doubleclicking in windows explorer:
You can change this setting (xl2003 menus): Tools|Options|General tab|Ignore other applications (check it) Be aware that one side effect of having this setting checked is sometimes you can't open a file by double clicking on it in explorer. (toggle it back and that should be fixed.) This shows up for workbooks that have spaces in their name or path: c:\my documents\excel\testworkbook.xls or c:\test of workbook2.xls Cannot find C:\my, then more "Cannot find ..." messages. It's more trouble than it's worth (for me, anyway). If I want separate instances, I'll just start a second instance and use File|Open. I like a single instance so that I can easily copy between workbooks. ed godlewski wrote: I am unable to open multiple workbooks in multiple instances of excel - like opening multiple word documents in multiple instances of word - is there some setting or workaround that can resolve this? Working on multiple workbooks in the same window/instance is very slow, confusing and should be un-necessary -- Dave Peterson |
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