Opening multiple files separately

[pjyelton]

When opening multiple excel files they used to all open in separate versions of Excel which was great because then I could easily Alt-Tab between them. Now all of a sudden when ever I open new excel files by double clicking the name they open in the same Excel program but as a separate window. This is a real pain because it's hard to cycle through them and they keep minimizing whenever I maximize another one.

I haven't changed any settings that I know of, is there a way to get each file to open separately again?

[Dave Peterson]

You sure you just didn't have:

Tools|options|View|Windows in taskbar checked.

(It's only one instance of excel, but you can have multiple icons on the windows
taskbar.)



pjyelton wrote:
>
> When opening multiple excel files they used to all open in separate
> versions of Excel which was great because then I could easily Alt-Tab
> between them. Now all of a sudden when ever I open new excel files by
> double clicking the name they open in the same Excel program but as a
> separate window. This is a real pain because it's hard to cycle
> through them and they keep minimizing whenever I maximize another one.
>
> I haven't changed any settings that I know of, is there a way to get
> each file to open separately again?
>
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[Earl Kiosterud]

pjyelton,

You can use Ctrl-Tab to cycle through them, or in later version of Excel,
Tools - Options - View - Windows in Taskbar.
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"pjyelton" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>
> When opening multiple excel files they used to all open in separate
> versions of Excel which was great because then I could easily Alt-Tab
> between them. Now all of a sudden when ever I open new excel files by
> double clicking the name they open in the same Excel program but as a
> separate window. This is a real pain because it's hard to cycle
> through them and they keep minimizing whenever I maximize another one.
>
> I haven't changed any settings that I know of, is there a way to get
> each file to open separately again?
>
>
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> pjyelton
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[pjyelton]

Thanks, that worked! I never unchecked that option, but our work did a lot of updates on these computers so maybe somehow it got unchecked that way.

[Earl Kiosterud]

Pjyelton replied to my reply, but "Message is longer on the server." Anyone
else see his reply? Others have seen similar things going in in the
newsgroups lately.
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"Earl Kiosterud" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> pjyelton,
>
> You can use Ctrl-Tab to cycle through them, or in later version of Excel,
> Tools - Options - View - Windows in Taskbar.
> --
> Earl Kiosterud
> www.smokeylake.com
>
> "pjyelton" <[email protected]> wrote
> in message news:[email protected]...
>>
>> When opening multiple excel files they used to all open in separate
>> versions of Excel which was great because then I could easily Alt-Tab
>> between them. Now all of a sudden when ever I open new excel files by
>> double clicking the name they open in the same Excel program but as a
>> separate window. This is a real pain because it's hard to cycle
>> through them and they keep minimizing whenever I maximize another one.
>>
>> I haven't changed any settings that I know of, is there a way to get
>> each file to open separately again?
>>
>>
>> --
>> pjyelton
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> pjyelton's Profile:
>> http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=26608
>> View this thread:
>> http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=398804
>>
>
>

[Dave Peterson]

It's there this morning (morning for me):

Thanks, that worked! I never unchecked that option, but our work did a
lot of updates on these computers so maybe somehow it got unchecked
that way.

Sometimes if you disconnect from the server (I close my newsreader) and then
wait a bit, then retry, it'll show up.



Earl Kiosterud wrote:
>
> Pjyelton replied to my reply, but "Message is longer on the server." Anyone
> else see his reply? Others have seen similar things going in in the
> newsgroups lately.
> --
> Earl Kiosterud
> www.smokeylake.com
>
> "Earl Kiosterud" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > pjyelton,
> >
> > You can use Ctrl-Tab to cycle through them, or in later version of Excel,
> > Tools - Options - View - Windows in Taskbar.
> > --
> > Earl Kiosterud
> > www.smokeylake.com
> >
> > "pjyelton" <[email protected]> wrote
> > in message news:[email protected]...
> >>
> >> When opening multiple excel files they used to all open in separate
> >> versions of Excel which was great because then I could easily Alt-Tab
> >> between them. Now all of a sudden when ever I open new excel files by
> >> double clicking the name they open in the same Excel program but as a
> >> separate window. This is a real pain because it's hard to cycle
> >> through them and they keep minimizing whenever I maximize another one.
> >>
> >> I haven't changed any settings that I know of, is there a way to get
> >> each file to open separately again?
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> pjyelton
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> >> http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=26608
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> >>
> >
> >

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