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I use a two monitor system and will have MS Excel 2013 running on both. On one monitor I can select a range of numbers and the sum total will show in he status bar. When I select a cell in the workbook on my other monitor the sum total disappears. Is there a way to not have the sum total disappear?
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Hi all,
Apparently there is a workaround, see Opening workbooks by running separate instances of Excel.
I still find it cumbersome but it works.
In order for this to work you need 2 instances of Excel open.
So open your first workbook and then while holding the ALT key down right click on the taskbar icon and open another workbook. Continue to hold down the ALT key until you get a popup asking if you want another instance of Excel. Click yes and then open your second workbook. If you do not get the popup make sure your holding down the ALT key long enough.
This behavior did not exist in Excel 2010 though. It was a lot more convenient to compare two spreadsheets this way.
It is disappointing to know that this option is no longer available in Excel 2013.
Our office just switched to 2013, and this among a few other reasons is why I absolutely HATE MS Office 2013. I work with money all day and this feature in 2010 was extremely useful for me, the fact that it was removed is just stupid.
This is insane . . . I always thought the user/customer was right . . . . Several of us have addressed how this feature was VALUABLE to us !!! I deal with millions of dollars and am (or should I now say WAS) constantly using this feature. Thank you for making my job harder!!!