Excel doesn't open window in size last closed

Anonymous
2013-04-03T14:19:47+00:00

In Excel 2007 when I opened a new sheet it opened in a window that was the same size and in same position as the last window I closed. In Excel 2013 every time each new sheet is opened in a small window positioned in the lower left quadrant. I open multiple windows a day and having to resize each one is very time consuming.

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Anonymous
2013-04-04T05:54:22+00:00

Hello Mike,

Welcome to Microsoft Community and thank you for posting the question.

Excel usually remembers the size and the position of the last opened Excel file.

Let’s re-size the Excel window and verify the result

  1. Open Excel and click on restore button which appears upper right corner of the screen between x(close) and _ (minimize) buttons.
  2. Now drag the double ended arrow which appears in the corner and re-size accordingly.
  3. You may also move it by dragging it by the title bar, now close and re-open Excel and verify the result.

Hope it helps. Reply with the result for further assistance.

Thank You.

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Anonymous
2014-06-08T01:29:20+00:00

I just switched to MS Office 2013 (forced to because of a new work laptop that had MS Office 2013 installed).

I had this issue (Excel file opening in a half window) with some, but not all of my existing files.

I was able to fix this for all of my windows that opened in a "half window", by clicking on "New Window" in the "View" tab, and then saving the workbook.    When I re-opened, the issue was gone.  I have no idea why this works, and it seems counter-intuitive to click "New Window" to get an existing window out of a "half-window" display.  All I know is that it fixed my problem files (about a dozen).  I hope this works for others as well.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-02-13T17:10:10+00:00

    I had this problem and it was driving me crazy (I'm on a Mac).  I tried the solution above with the "New Window" and it didn't work.  However, I then tried clicking the "Window" tab and clicked on "Arrange."  When that menu popped up, the default was set to "Tiled" and I simply clicked OK.  For some reason, that did the trick.  Now it remembers the right size for my Excel worksheets.  I hope that proves helpful to others.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-02-13T18:15:52+00:00

    Thanks for the idea.  When I do the "Arrange" thing, I get the tiled windows -- but then what? 

    I need to resize each tile to the window size that I want, but then I am back to square 1 with the same problem as always.  I guess I'm missing something here.  Are there more steps that you have not listed specifically?

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