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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2013-11-27T20:02:32+00:00

Dan,

I replied some time ago and provided you a screen shot but have never heard back. I still have the problem as it appears many other do. So let's try to state this problem simply.

I am running Excel 2013 on Windows 7. When I open a sheet I want it to open the same size I saved it as. It doesn't. It opens offset from the left and top and it opens smaller. No matter how I resize it and move it the next sheet I open does the same thing. When I shut down and restart Excel remembers nothing.

Why? How do I fix this?
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2013-12-03T18:36:38+00:00

This is exactly the same problem I have, except I'm using Windows 8.

"I am running Excel 2013 on Windows 7. When I open a sheet I want it to open the same size I saved it as. It doesn't. It opens offset from the left and top and it opens smaller. No matter how I resize it and move it the next sheet I open does the same thing. When I shut down and restart Excel remembers nothing.

Why? How do I fix this?"
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2013-12-03T19:09:10+00:00

Jessica,

This is a lost cause. As you can see from prior posts this thread has been active for a long time and no one at Microsoft has explained why it happens nor what to do. Every morning I open 10 sheets to work on and each one has to be manually moved to the left margin to get them to open the half-screen size I need. I've given up expecting anyone to tell me how to get them to open in the same size and position as when they were closed. For some reason Microsoft went to 2013 and took out things that worked in earlier versions. Totally frustrating.
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