In Office 2000 I could have 1 open window for each Excel workbook. In 2003, I
am forced to use 'Arrange...' and look at multiple panes in the same window.
This is a pain when I am comparing or looking for data from several files.

Is there a way to restore the old functionality?

Allen,

Go to Tools-Options. In the View tab, check "Windows in Taskbar".

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Hope that helps.

Vergel Adriano


"Allen_N" wrote:

In Office 2000 I could have 1 open window for each Excel workbook. In 2003, I
am forced to use 'Arrange...' and look at multiple panes in the same window.
This is a pain when I am comparing or looking for data from several files.

Is there a way to restore the old functionality?

Thanks Vergel, but I 've already tried that. All that happens is that I get a
TaskBar button for each Excel pane (making it a bit easier to switch between
them), but there is still only one Excel window; I can still only display one
worksheet at a time unless I tile them.

Regards,
Allen

"Vergel Adriano" wrote:

Allen,

Go to Tools-Options. In the View tab, check "Windows in Taskbar".

--
Hope that helps.

Vergel Adriano


"Allen_N" wrote:

In Office 2000 I could have 1 open window for each Excel workbook. In 2003, I
am forced to use 'Arrange...' and look at multiple panes in the same window.
This is a pain when I am comparing or looking for data from several files.

Is there a way to restore the old functionality?

Hi Allen,

I misunderstood your question.. Now it sounds like what you're looking for
is multiple instances of Excel which should be possible by launching Excel x
number of times. I'm going to make the assumption that what you want is that
when you double click on the Excel file in Windows Explorer, it should open
in its own Excel Application Instance. If so, then you might find this
helpful:

http://www.vadriano.com/excel-vb/200...tion-instance/


--
Hope that helps.

Vergel Adriano


"Allen_N" wrote:

Thanks Vergel, but I 've already tried that. All that happens is that I get a
TaskBar button for each Excel pane (making it a bit easier to switch between
them), but there is still only one Excel window; I can still only display one
worksheet at a time unless I tile them.

Regards,
Allen

"Vergel Adriano" wrote:

Allen,

Go to Tools-Options. In the View tab, check "Windows in Taskbar".

--
Hope that helps.

Vergel Adriano


"Allen_N" wrote:

In Office 2000 I could have 1 open window for each Excel workbook. In 2003, I
am forced to use 'Arrange...' and look at multiple panes in the same window.
This is a pain when I am comparing or looking for data from several files.

Is there a way to restore the old functionality?

Thanks! That looks like the way to go.


"Vergel Adriano" wrote:

Hi Allen,

I misunderstood your question.. Now it sounds like what you're looking for
is multiple instances of Excel which should be possible by launching Excel x
number of times. I'm going to make the assumption that what you want is that
when you double click on the Excel file in Windows Explorer, it should open
in its own Excel Application Instance. If so, then you might find this
helpful:

http://www.vadriano.com/excel-vb/200...tion-instance/


--
Hope that helps.

Vergel Adriano


"Allen_N" wrote:

Thanks Vergel, but I 've already tried that. All that happens is that I get a
TaskBar button for each Excel pane (making it a bit easier to switch between
them), but there is still only one Excel window; I can still only display one
worksheet at a time unless I tile them.

Regards,
Allen

"Vergel Adriano" wrote:

Allen,

Go to Tools-Options. In the View tab, check "Windows in Taskbar".

--
Hope that helps.

Vergel Adriano


"Allen_N" wrote:

In Office 2000 I could have 1 open window for each Excel workbook. In 2003, I
am forced to use 'Arrange...' and look at multiple panes in the same window.
This is a pain when I am comparing or looking for data from several files.

Is there a way to restore the old functionality?