Excel doesn't open window in size last closed

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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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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

Open Excel and click on restore button which appears upper right corner of the screen between x(close) and _ (minimize) buttons.
Now drag the double ended arrow which appears in the corner and re-size accordingly.
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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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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2015-02-25T10:25:53+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.

After trying all other suggestions this particular tip worked, well worth trying.
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Anonymous

2015-02-25T15:35:08+00:00

For me, this works only if there are no other spreadsheets open.

If another spreadsheet is already open, the original file opens a window of the same size as that other window, not the size of the original as saved.
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Anonymous

2015-03-10T14:58:52+00:00
I have the same Issue.

By accident I think I found something that is working at least for me it is not the best solution but it can apply to a lot of situations that I read above.

1)Open An excel in Full screen

2)Click the below Icon to re-size your workbook and not full Excel Application
1. save your re-sized workbook in the the place that you want in Excel Application
4)Open another workbook and do the same.

5)If you do not maximize again all workbooks will open in the same place that they were last saved.

It seems that Excel can save the Size of the Application but can Save with this way the size of the workbooks.

Hope this helps
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