Excel in Win 7
Hi, I need some help in getting one Excel workbook to show up on my monitor and the other on my laptop. The first time I open an Excel workbook I dragged it over to my monitor. I opened the second one and it displayed on my desktop which is what I want however, once I closed the workbooks and reopened them, they automatically went to my monitor and so did all subsequent workbooks that I opened. They just piled up one on top of the other. I tried to minimize one and it minimized all of them.
Why would it do it the first time and not any others? Is there a way to correct this? Thanks.
Why would it do it the first time and not any others? Is there a way to correct this? Thanks.
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It does not allow you to open an existing workbook from there, but you can click on the drop-down arrow and browse for the file you need to open. You will then be able to work with two books on different screens.
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My Excel icon is not on the Taskbar but rather on the start menu. I right clicked it and it opened up a "new instance" but I don't need a "new" workbook, I need to work with pre-existing workbooks on two different screens. It would have been nice if it had allowed me to choose which workbook I wanted to open when I right clicked it instead of giving me a new one. Is there any way we can leave this open so you can respond? Thanks.