I want to open 2 excel files in separate windows to view them side by side... but each time I try, it opens them in the same window

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I want to open 2 excel files in separate windows to view them side by side... but each time I try, it opens them in the same window. is there a way around this?

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I use Windows 7 and this is what works for me (just figured it out):

1. Open your first Excel file and place it on the screen you want

2. Open a new Excel file from the Excel icon

3. The new file will open on top of the one you have already opened. Drag it to the other screen

4. Drag the icon for the second Excel file INTO the new (blank) Excel document

Voila! Two separate screens.

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ok, just because i don't have the petiance to wait for you to answer to my first question about which excel version you'r using i'll just give my solution for all the people who have w7 and office 2007:

the solution involves making little changes in the registry so i recommend making back up for just in case:

strart - run - regedit:

Left column

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/Excel.Sheet.8/shell/Open/commend:

Right column {adding (space)"%1"}

Double Click on (Default) and write - "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\EXCEL.EXE" /e "%1"

Right Click on Command – choose "rename" and add something to the name

for example 2 (commend2).

Left column

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/Excel.Sheet.8/shell/Open/ddeexec:

Right Click on the folder ddeexec and choose "rename" and add something to the name

for example 2 (ddeexec2)

Left column

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/Excel.Sheet.12/shell/Open/commend:

Right column {adding (space)"%1"}

Double Click on (Default) and write -****"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\EXCEL.EXE" /e "%1"

Right Click on Command – choose "rename" and add something to the name

for example 2 (commend2).

no restart needed

Have Fun

hope i helped

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2010-07-06T03:18:02+00:00

I'm using Win7 Pro 64bit with Office 2010 Beta 32bit, & I have been using the right click on the task bar icon to open additional incidents of any of my programs that I have either pinned, or that are just open & showing on the taskbar. Right click on the icon & click on the program's name. You can use that any amount of times that you need. I find it especially useful when I need another Windows Explorer window open for comparing files, etc.

Jim - NBSC
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Anonymous

2010-07-02T03:37:27+00:00

Ok, this method didn't work for me. I'm on win 7 pro using office 2010 beta.

Why in the world would MS make it so that all my excel spreadsheets open in a single instance of excel? The future of computers is multi-monitor displays (look at ATI Radeon HD 5xxx cards, nearly everyone with a laptop as their main comp has a second monitor they plug in to). Why in the world would MS decide that they are going to now make all my spreadsheets open in the same instance/windows of excel now? I mean, tabbed excel browsing or something would be great, but theres no tabs in excel like there is in web browsers and other apps. Also, it wouldn't really be an issue if there were an easy way to right click on an excel document/tab and say "move to new window" or something. ____ amateurs over there at MS.
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Anonymous

2010-06-28T19:30:27+00:00

Bravo Israeli-gogo!!!!!

FINALLY something that actually worked for Windows 7 and Excel 2007!!!!!!!

I could open both .xls and .xlsx files in separate windows with no problems.

I'm glad there's at least one person in the entire world who has been able to figure out a solution that no one in Microsoft employ could figure out.

You're the best!!!!
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