Comments on: Open Excel on Multiple Monitors http://www.vistaclues.com/reader-question-open-excel-on-multiple-monitors/ Windows Vista and Windows 7 Help Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:08:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Pattie http://www.vistaclues.com/reader-question-open-excel-on-multiple-monitors/#comment-93933 Pattie Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:03:58 +0000 http://www.vistaclues.com/reader-question-open-excel-on-multiple-monitors/#comment-93933 This problem has been driving me crazy for months and I just figured out the solution today! If you want to view multiple Excel 2007 documents in separate windows in order to drag them onto separate monitors and maintain the ability to copy and paste will all of the available options, go to the excel options and under advanced check "show all windows in the taskbar". The same option is available for MS Word; however, the only difference is that the default option on install for MS Word is to have this option checked while it is not checked by default in MS Excel. This problem has been driving me crazy for months and I just figured out the solution today!
If you want to view multiple Excel 2007 documents in separate windows in order to drag them onto separate monitors and maintain the ability to copy and paste will all of the available options, go to the excel options and under advanced check “show all windows in the taskbar”. The same option is available for MS Word; however, the only difference is that the default option on install for MS Word is to have this option checked while it is not checked by default in MS Excel.

]]> By: Sergey Gorbikov http://www.vistaclues.com/reader-question-open-excel-on-multiple-monitors/#comment-88355 Sergey Gorbikov Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:00:15 +0000 http://www.vistaclues.com/reader-question-open-excel-on-multiple-monitors/#comment-88355 Thank you very much. Nobody has suggested to cover both of monitors before. All internet says about second instances but there you can't link formulas from one window to another but here you can! Thank you very much. Nobody has suggested to cover both of monitors before. All internet says about second instances but there you can’t link formulas from one window to another but here you can!

]]> By: jwc http://www.vistaclues.com/reader-question-open-excel-on-multiple-monitors/#comment-71092 jwc Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:57:58 +0000 http://www.vistaclues.com/reader-question-open-excel-on-multiple-monitors/#comment-71092 Knox! Thanks! His suggestion was better than the authors. Knox! Thanks! His suggestion was better than the authors.

]]> By: Donald http://www.vistaclues.com/reader-question-open-excel-on-multiple-monitors/#comment-4541 Donald Mon, 04 Jun 2007 01:36:43 +0000 http://www.vistaclues.com/reader-question-open-excel-on-multiple-monitors/#comment-4541 Using Excel 2007, you can correct the paste limitation by using the 'Paste Special' command and selecting XML Spreadsheet option. I haven't tried this in earlier versions but formulas, borders and text formattng seem to work ok. Using Excel 2007, you can correct the paste limitation by using the ‘Paste Special’ command and selecting XML Spreadsheet option.

I haven’t tried this in earlier versions but formulas, borders and text formattng seem to work ok.

]]> By: cgarison http://www.vistaclues.com/reader-question-open-excel-on-multiple-monitors/#comment-3975 cgarison Fri, 25 May 2007 20:24:29 +0000 http://www.vistaclues.com/reader-question-open-excel-on-multiple-monitors/#comment-3975 As long as I launch MS Excel from the "Start Menu" I can have as many different instances of the program that I want. I can have a copy of Excel 2007 running in each of my displays or I can have 4 Excel applications tiled in my single 24" display and an additional 4 in my 22" display. It is just a matter of launching Excel as many times as I need it from the start menu. As long as I launch MS Excel from the “Start Menu” I can have as many different instances of the program that I want. I can have a copy of Excel 2007 running in each of my displays or I can have 4 Excel applications tiled in my single 24″ display and an additional 4 in my 22″ display. It is just a matter of launching Excel as many times as I need it from the start menu.

]]> By: Goldberg http://www.vistaclues.com/reader-question-open-excel-on-multiple-monitors/#comment-796 Goldberg Sun, 08 Apr 2007 22:31:18 +0000 http://www.vistaclues.com/reader-question-open-excel-on-multiple-monitors/#comment-796 Open up excel from the run command. i.e. Go to Start >> Run. Then type in excel and select enter. Do this agian for the second window of excell. Open up excel from the run command. i.e. Go to Start >> Run.
Then type in excel and select enter. Do this agian for the second window of excell.

]]> By: Knox http://www.vistaclues.com/reader-question-open-excel-on-multiple-monitors/#comment-472 Knox Sat, 24 Mar 2007 22:15:23 +0000 http://www.vistaclues.com/reader-question-open-excel-on-multiple-monitors/#comment-472 What you may want to do is launch a true second copy of excel. You do this by selecting excel off the start menu (or the orb menu for vista) and hold down on the control key just as you click on the excel shortcut. I generally drag my document into that excel window to control that the document opens in the correct 2nd copy. The one disadvantage of this method is that copy and paste works only as text in that mode. What you may want to do is launch a true second copy of excel. You do this by selecting excel off the start menu (or the orb menu for vista) and hold down on the control key just as you click on the excel shortcut. I generally drag my document into that excel window to control that the document opens in the correct 2nd copy. The one disadvantage of this method is that copy and paste works only as text in that mode.

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