Lately when I open excel workbooks they open in a small window. How can I
get them to open maximized? or normal size? I am using office XP with
windows 2000 operating system.

JMS wrote:
Lately when I open excel workbooks they open in a small window. How
can I get them to open maximized? or normal size? I am using office
XP with windows 2000 operating system.

Drag them to full size and then use File-Close rather than the "X" box.
And a tip - please put a precis of your question in the subject line, not
just "Excel". We all *know* you are asking an Excel question, as this is an
Excel group!

Sorry about the subject - was led to list forum through a series of sites but
did not realize it was excel exclusive. I have maximized then closed the
files from the file menu but they still keep opening in small windows (most
of the time.)

JMS wrote:
Sorry about the subject - was led to list forum through a series of
sites but did not realize it was excel exclusive. I have maximized
then closed the files from the file menu but they still keep opening
in small windows (most of the time.)

That's not what I said - *DRAG* the window to its full size - *DON'T* use
the "maximise" button

Don't maximize.

Stretch the window using the re-size pointer then close the window.

Windows should remember that setting.

Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 09:13:01 -0800, JMS wrote:

Sorry about the subject - was led to list forum through a series of sites but
did not realize it was excel exclusive. I have maximized then closed the
files from the file menu but they still keep opening in small windows (most
of the time.)