Hi,
Does anybody know if Excel 2003 can support the use of dual monitors?
I'm guessing that it involves separate simultaneous starts of two files and
that that may be the limiting factor.

Anybody have any experience in this reagrd?

TIA

I have a three monitor setup (3 NEC flat panel displays
controlled by a Matrox Parahelia video card) and Excel works
fine. You can either maximize Excel on one monitor, or stretch
Excel out across all monitors (to column BG in my case). You can
also stretch the Excel application across all monitors and
display a separate worksheet in each monitor.

You don't have to have two (or more) instances of Excel running
to take advantage of multi-monitor setups. Excel handles multiple
monitors just fine.


--
Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


"GerryK" wrote in message
...
Hi,
Does anybody know if Excel 2003 can support the use of dual
monitors?
I'm guessing that it involves separate simultaneous starts of
two files and
that that may be the limiting factor.

Anybody have any experience in this reagrd?

TIA

Thanks, I was hoping it was possible but before I invested in another monitor
and video card, I guess my question nows begs how to open two separte files?
I have always seen only one with the second reduced to the bottom toolbar. Is
there some reconfiguring to do?

TIA

"Chip Pearson" wrote:

I have a three monitor setup (3 NEC flat panel displays
controlled by a Matrox Parahelia video card) and Excel works
fine. You can either maximize Excel on one monitor, or stretch
Excel out across all monitors (to column BG in my case). You can
also stretch the Excel application across all monitors and
display a separate worksheet in each monitor.

You don't have to have two (or more) instances of Excel running
to take advantage of multi-monitor setups. Excel handles multiple
monitors just fine.


--
Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


"GerryK" wrote in message
...
Hi,
Does anybody know if Excel 2003 can support the use of dual
monitors?
I'm guessing that it involves separate simultaneous starts of
two files and
that that may be the limiting factor.

Anybody have any experience in this reagrd?

TIA

No, no special operation is required to open two or more files.
Open works exactly the same with two monitors as it does with
one.


--
Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


"GerryK" wrote in message
...
Thanks, I was hoping it was possible but before I invested in
another monitor
and video card, I guess my question nows begs how to open two
separte files?
I have always seen only one with the second reduced to the
bottom toolbar. Is
there some reconfiguring to do?

TIA

"Chip Pearson" wrote:

I have a three monitor setup (3 NEC flat panel displays
controlled by a Matrox Parahelia video card) and Excel works
fine. You can either maximize Excel on one monitor, or stretch
Excel out across all monitors (to column BG in my case). You
can
also stretch the Excel application across all monitors and
display a separate worksheet in each monitor.

You don't have to have two (or more) instances of Excel
running
to take advantage of multi-monitor setups. Excel handles
multiple
monitors just fine.


--
Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


"GerryK" wrote in message
...
Hi,
Does anybody know if Excel 2003 can support the use of dual
monitors?
I'm guessing that it involves separate simultaneous starts
of
two files and
that that may be the limiting factor.

Anybody have any experience in this reagrd?

TIA

Mr. Pearson,

I came across the email thread while trying to figure out exactly what you
described. However, I am not able to separate the two Excel files onto two
monitors if I have only one copy of Excel running. It is easily done with
two copies of Excel open, so there is a work around, but I am curious how you
separated two files using one Excel running. I can only jump between them
using the "Window" function. Thanks in advance.
Henry McElreath


"Chip Pearson" wrote:

No, no special operation is required to open two or more files.
Open works exactly the same with two monitors as it does with
one.


--
Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


"GerryK" wrote in message
...
Thanks, I was hoping it was possible but before I invested in
another monitor
and video card, I guess my question nows begs how to open two
separte files?
I have always seen only one with the second reduced to the
bottom toolbar. Is
there some reconfiguring to do?

TIA

"Chip Pearson" wrote:

I have a three monitor setup (3 NEC flat panel displays
controlled by a Matrox Parahelia video card) and Excel works
fine. You can either maximize Excel on one monitor, or stretch
Excel out across all monitors (to column BG in my case). You
can
also stretch the Excel application across all monitors and
display a separate worksheet in each monitor.

You don't have to have two (or more) instances of Excel
running
to take advantage of multi-monitor setups. Excel handles
multiple
monitors just fine.


--
Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


"GerryK" wrote in message
...
Hi,
Does anybody know if Excel 2003 can support the use of dual
monitors?
I'm guessing that it involves separate simultaneous starts
of
two files and
that that may be the limiting factor.

Anybody have any experience in this reagrd?

TIA

I don't maximize Excel (my video card settings maximize in
individual monitors). Instead, I restore the main Excel window
and drag it to cover to two monitors, then use the Window Arrange
Vertical command two arrange one window in each monitor.

Ctrl+TAB will switch focus between the two windows.
--
Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


"Solomon20" wrote in
message
...
Mr. Pearson,

I came across the email thread while trying to figure out
exactly what you
described. However, I am not able to separate the two Excel
files onto two
monitors if I have only one copy of Excel running. It is
easily done with
two copies of Excel open, so there is a work around, but I am
curious how you
separated two files using one Excel running. I can only jump
between them
using the "Window" function. Thanks in advance.
Henry McElreath


"Chip Pearson" wrote:

No, no special operation is required to open two or more
files.
Open works exactly the same with two monitors as it does with
one.


--
Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


"GerryK" wrote in message
...
Thanks, I was hoping it was possible but before I invested
in
another monitor
and video card, I guess my question nows begs how to open
two
separte files?
I have always seen only one with the second reduced to the
bottom toolbar. Is
there some reconfiguring to do?

TIA

"Chip Pearson" wrote:

I have a three monitor setup (3 NEC flat panel displays
controlled by a Matrox Parahelia video card) and Excel
works
fine. You can either maximize Excel on one monitor, or
stretch
Excel out across all monitors (to column BG in my case).
You
can
also stretch the Excel application across all monitors and
display a separate worksheet in each monitor.

You don't have to have two (or more) instances of Excel
running
to take advantage of multi-monitor setups. Excel handles
multiple
monitors just fine.


--
Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


"GerryK" wrote in
message
...
Hi,
Does anybody know if Excel 2003 can support the use of
dual
monitors?
I'm guessing that it involves separate simultaneous
starts
of
two files and
that that may be the limiting factor.

Anybody have any experience in this reagrd?

TIA

Chip, I have dual monitors too. I'm on Office 2007. At least once a day
Excel goes crazy. I'll have Excel up on one screen with either other office
applications on the other screen or another instance of Excel. All of a
sudden, my ribbion will go black. The spreadsheet itself will split with the
top half on one monitor and the bottom half on the other. Or, perhaps both
monitors will just go gray. As I drag my mouse over where the ribbon should
be, buttons and icons will reappear allowing me to save the file.

This has happened at the beginning of the day, in the middle and at the end
of the day. It happens when I have no file up and when I have a number of
files up. It happens when I'm only running Excel and when I have a number of
systems working.

After getting out of Excel, bringing it back up and bringing up the file,
everything is fine. The file is not corrupted. Everyone in the office who
has multiscreens and works on Excel suffers this problem. Those who have one
monitor don't. This makes me believe it's a video card problem. Can you
suggest either a fix, patch or better video card I can instruct my IT teckies
to buy?

"Chip Pearson" wrote:

No, no special operation is required to open two or more files.
Open works exactly the same with two monitors as it does with
one.


--
Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


"GerryK" wrote in message
...
Thanks, I was hoping it was possible but before I invested in
another monitor
and video card, I guess my question nows begs how to open two
separte files?
I have always seen only one with the second reduced to the
bottom toolbar. Is
there some reconfiguring to do?

TIA

"Chip Pearson" wrote:

I have a three monitor setup (3 NEC flat panel displays
controlled by a Matrox Parahelia video card) and Excel works
fine. You can either maximize Excel on one monitor, or stretch
Excel out across all monitors (to column BG in my case). You
can
also stretch the Excel application across all monitors and
display a separate worksheet in each monitor.

You don't have to have two (or more) instances of Excel
running
to take advantage of multi-monitor setups. Excel handles
multiple
monitors just fine.


--
Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


"GerryK" wrote in message
...
Hi,
Does anybody know if Excel 2003 can support the use of dual
monitors?
I'm guessing that it involves separate simultaneous starts
of
two files and
that that may be the limiting factor.

Anybody have any experience in this reagrd?

TIA

On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:58:02 -0700, AndyLV
wrote:

Chip, I have dual monitors too. I'm on Office 2007. At least once a day
Excel goes crazy. I'll have Excel up on one screen with either other office
applications on the other screen or another instance of Excel. All of a
sudden, my ribbion will go black. The spreadsheet itself will split with the
top half on one monitor and the bottom half on the other. Or, perhaps both
monitors will just go gray. As I drag my mouse over where the ribbon should
be, buttons and icons will reappear allowing me to save the file.

This has happened at the beginning of the day, in the middle and at the end
of the day. It happens when I have no file up and when I have a number of
files up. It happens when I'm only running Excel and when I have a number of
systems working.

After getting out of Excel, bringing it back up and bringing up the file,
everything is fine. The file is not corrupted. Everyone in the office who
has multiscreens and works on Excel suffers this problem. Those who have one
monitor don't. This makes me believe it's a video card problem. Can you
suggest either a fix, patch or better video card I can instruct my IT teckies
to buy?

I find this very interesting.

I have dual monitors, and I have a very similar problem of intermittent and
unpredictable screen corruption.

I have another computer at another house, with only a single monitor and,
although I've not noted the screen corruption there, I haven't had Excel 2007
running there long enough to be certain.

If you develop any solutions that don't involve giving up a monitor, I would be
most appreciative if you could post it here.

There have been some postings on the 'net having to do with screen corruption
and Excel -- none of them helped me, but none had to do specifically with a
dual monitor setup.
--ron

It depend on what you are trying to do. Dual monitors are more a function of
the operating system then Excel. I can either have excel running and stretch
the application window over both monitors or I can open two instances of
Excel and place them on separate monitors.

I hope that answers your question.

"GerryK" wrote:

Hi,
Does anybody know if Excel 2003 can support the use of dual monitors?
I'm guessing that it involves separate simultaneous starts of two files and
that that may be the limiting factor.

Anybody have any experience in this reagrd?

TIA