Excel 2016 - One instance

Anonymous
2015-10-06T15:23:22+00:00

How can I configure Excel to open only one instance similar to 2010.

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Anonymous
2015-10-06T19:07:25+00:00

Hello,

Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community.

Excel 2016 when opened opens only one instance. However, let us know if you are talking about the ability in Excel 2016 to open multiple spreadsheets in the same Excel 2016 window? If yes, then this feature is not available in Excel 2016 and was discontinued since Excel 2013.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-10-26T17:42:06+00:00

    Hello Chambers2611!

    Thanks for the hint, it helps a lot.

    Until this shift + tab had other apps in the queue, but with this drag & drop file opening method only the Excel sheets are swapping. Great tool. I miss having only one menu ribbon though, but I can live with the new way. (Although I'd prefer that Microsoft would bring back opening multiple sheets in the same window.

    Regards,

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-10-13T12:59:15+00:00

    Hello Mohan!

    Why? What would be next? Copy and paste?

    Please make developers put it back. It is essential.

    I thought they have user convenience in mind when they do stuff, but after this I'm sure not.

    Thanks,

    Gabor

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-07-24T13:51:43+00:00

    Is it for real that you can't open multiple sheets in one window?  That seems ridiculous.  Has this been fixed?

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-07-19T15:59:30+00:00

    Alas, through my research, I've found that this is no longer possible in the latest versions (since 2013 version?).

    I like that feature because it put only one Excel icon on my Taskbar.  If this is your issue as well, then the "work around" I've just discovered is using the Taskbar settings.

    Set the "Combine taskbar buttons" to "Always, hide labels" - certainly makes my taskbar look a whole lot neater and it doesn't bug me as much that there are actually multiple instances of Excel open.

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