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
    2016-07-04T11:32:53+00:00

    Adapting Marc's code a bit further, this works for me:

    1. Use the below code to create an XLA (Excel add-in) somewhere on your PC;
    2. Edit the code according to your visual preferences; and
    3. Enable it like any other Excel add-in.

    It will allow you to set an application level keyboard shortcut that resizes the current Excel workbook to a position you want.

    The code:

    For “This Workbook” VBA Workbook Object

    Private Sub Workbook_Open()

    With Application

    .OnKey Key:="^+%R", Procedure:="mWindow_Resize"

    End With

    End Sub

    In normal speak: runs on open and creates a shortcut that runs the procedure “mWindow_Resize” (below) when “Ctrl-Shift-Alt-R” are pressed.

    Module – “mod_Window_Resize”

    Sub mWindow_Resize()

        Application.WindowState = xlNormal

        Application.Top = 0

        Application.Left = 960

        Application.Width = 1920

        Application.Height = 768

    End Sub

    In normal speak: for my setup (three monitors at 1280x1024) this sets Excel to fill the two right most monitors leaving the left one clear.  Note, numbers are in points not pixels.

    Hope it helps.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-07-06T19:05:38+00:00

    You are my hero! I use Excel lots daily, and this has been a huge pain in my finger tips on the mouse to resize, resize, and resize every time I open it. This seems to work! Thank you!!!

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-08-31T15:36:05+00:00

    I had this problem too but worse.

    The window size was that small that I only could see the cross symbol in the top.

    The Addin-solution in this thread helped a little, it had become a little bit larger but the dots-number doesn't have influence to the size of the window, no matter what number I did set.

    The only thing that helped was, to move all addins- in the profile-folder to a temp folder,

    C:\Users%username%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART

    to anywhere else.

    After that, Excel opens in full window size.

    When I had all add-ins copied back to the XLSTART folder, anything works still like I had expected.

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