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    Excel 2013 what happened to the thick line to drag split panes?

    I'm now using 2013. I can't find the thick bar that I used to split panes in the past. Where did it go?

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    Re: Excel 2013 what happened to the thick line to drag split panes?

    Take a look at the top of teh scroll bar, just above the ^ you should see a small "square" with a "minus" sign on it...likewise to the right of the bottom scroll bar
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    Re: Excel 2013 what happened to the thick line to drag split panes?

    Yes, that's what I'm used to seeing. But it's not there. There is a blank space just above the ^. If I hold down the mouse button there, a double headed arrow appears and dragging it increases the size of the box where the current cell contents are located. I suspect, if it's still available in 2013, that it's been suppressed.

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    Re: Excel 2013 what happened to the thick line to drag split panes?

    the "button" Im refering to is below the double-down arrow and above the scroll bar ^ arrow

    split screen.JPG

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    Re: Excel 2013 what happened to the thick line to drag split panes?

    Yes, I know what to look for and it would be exactly that. But it's not there.
    There's no little block to select and the double down arrow is missing too.
    Here is what I'm seeing:
    excel split pane control.jpg

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    Re: Excel 2013 what happened to the thick line to drag split panes?

    hmm OK (no offence meant, we get users at all levels of experience, hence my reply )

    I will push this to the other experts, maybe there is a setting in 2013 for that

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    Re: Excel 2013 what happened to the thick line to drag split panes?

    I don't see any setting for this in the Options so that would leave me to believe that this feature must have been deprecated from Excel 2013.
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    Re: Excel 2013 what happened to the thick line to drag split panes?

    Don't have 2013, Whether this shortcut works in 2013?

    Alt+W+S


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    Re: Excel 2013 what happened to the thick line to drag split panes?

    I was afraid of this!! It's gone in 2013. Thanks vlady.
    (ALT+W+S is to switch windows and not split panes it appears.....)

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    Re: Excel 2013 what happened to the thick line to drag split panes?

    Quote Originally Posted by fred3 View Post
    I was afraid of this!! It's gone in 2013. Thanks vlady.
    (ALT+W+S is to switch windows and not split panes it appears.....)
    You can still invoke the split screen from the View ribbon, though.
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    Re: Excel 2013 what happened to the thick line to drag split panes?

    Quote Originally Posted by AliGW View Post
    You can still invoke the split screen from the View ribbon, though.
    Yeah, it does almost the same thing but takes more steps!

    In older versions you could split the window with one vertical split and one horizontal split.

    Using the Split command from the View tab gives you 4 splits, 2 of each, but you can "drag" one of each off the window if you want.


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    Re: Excel 2013 what happened to the thick line to drag split panes?

    Quote Originally Posted by Tony Valko View Post
    Yeah, it does almost the same thing but takes more steps!
    It takes two clicks ...

    Quote Originally Posted by Tony Valko View Post
    In older versions you could split the window with one vertical split and one horizontal split.

    Using the Split command from the View tab gives you 4 splits, 2 of each, but you can "drag" one of each off the window if you want.

    I get one vertical and one horizontal when I click on the split button.

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    Re: Excel 2013 what happened to the thick line to drag split panes?

    Duplicate post - sorry!

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    Re: Excel 2013 what happened to the thick line to drag split panes?

    Quote Originally Posted by AliGW View Post
    It takes two clicks ...
    Before, it didn't take any clicks!

    I get one vertical and one horizontal when I click on the split button.
    In my version of Excel 2013 I get 4 splits. I can't see why anyone would want 4. Makes the screen look too "busy".

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