Open Excel Files as Separate Windows
In Word, you can open 2 documents that act as completely separate programs,
being allowed to more one to a second display, etc. In Excel, how do you do that? I don't want to have 2 files open inside of Excel, but I want to have two totally separate instances of Excel open. Please help?! |
Open Excel Files as Separate Windows
Open the first workbook any way you want.
Start a second instance of excel. either put a shortcut to excel.exe on your desktop and use that or windows start button|run type: excel and hit enter Then file|open the second workbook. Bruce wrote: In Word, you can open 2 documents that act as completely separate programs, being allowed to more one to a second display, etc. In Excel, how do you do that? I don't want to have 2 files open inside of Excel, but I want to have two totally separate instances of Excel open. Please help?! -- Dave Peterson |
Open Excel Files as Separate Windows
Yes. That works. Is there a simplier way?
----------------- "Dave Peterson" wrote: Open the first workbook any way you want. Start a second instance of excel. either put a shortcut to excel.exe on your desktop and use that or windows start button|run type: excel and hit enter Then file|open the second workbook. Bruce wrote: In Word, you can open 2 documents that act as completely separate programs, being allowed to more one to a second display, etc. In Excel, how do you do that? I don't want to have 2 files open inside of Excel, but I want to have two totally separate instances of Excel open. Please help?! -- Dave Peterson |
Open Excel Files as Separate Windows
I think it's the easiest/safest...
This may help (or hurt). If you open files by double clicking on them in windows explorer.... You could try: Tools|options|General tab|Ignore other applications (check it) Then double click on the workbook in windows explorer. And be aware that turning this setting on sometimes gives errors with workbooks that contain spaces in their path/name: C:\my documents\excel\my book.xls The error will look kind of like: cannot find c:\my .. then cannot find documents\excel\my then cannot find book.xls Or it may just open excel and not show you the file that you clicked on. Bruce wrote: Yes. That works. Is there a simplier way? ----------------- "Dave Peterson" wrote: Open the first workbook any way you want. Start a second instance of excel. either put a shortcut to excel.exe on your desktop and use that or windows start button|run type: excel and hit enter Then file|open the second workbook. Bruce wrote: In Word, you can open 2 documents that act as completely separate programs, being allowed to more one to a second display, etc. In Excel, how do you do that? I don't want to have 2 files open inside of Excel, but I want to have two totally separate instances of Excel open. Please help?! -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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