Comments on: Open Microsoft Excel in Two Separate Windows

By: hoang

hoang — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:01:15 +0000

how do you change the setting to make the excel open in other window in excel 2007

By: James

James — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:05:56 +0000

Thanks Adam, you’re a genius. I’ve been wondering for ages how to get MS Excel to open up in separate instances particularly when you open up spreadsheets from within folders. They would always open up within the same instance rather than opening up in several instances which is ideal when comparing more than one spreadsheet. Your simple instructions regarding MS Excel settings did just the trick. Cheers

By: Javier

Javier — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:42:06 +0000

NO, guys. This is not helpful. It does not work with linked excel files.
If you have two spread sheets linked one to another, what you do on the worksheet on the excel aplication 1 is not recognized by the worksheet on excel aplication 2 until you save them and update links… this is not functional.
This solution is bananas.

By: adam

adam — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:10:32 +0000

An even easier way is to go to, in excel’s menu bar, go to tools, then select options. On the \general\ tab, make sure the \ignore other applications\ box is checked. This will make sure each time you open an excel file, it opens an entirely separate instance of the program.

By: Antwon

Antwon — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:23:13 +0000

You have saved me countless hours of work swapping from one page to another THANKYOU