Excel not opening multiple documents correctly

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Scott

Hi,


Whenever I open up multiple excel documents, it creates them so that
If I close out of one master XLS file, I close out of all of them.

If I start each file at the command line as "Excel c:\filename.xls",
then I get a sepearte occurance of Excel for each file open, and that
is what I want the default behavior to do.

Any suggestions?

-Scott

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You're using xl2k or higher.
You have Tools|Options|View Tab|Windows in taskbar checked.

if both of these are true, then I'm guessing you're closing the master workbook
by clicking on the X in the topright corner of the window.

If you click that, you're closing the excel application (all open workbooks and
excel itself!).

This is different than MSWord.

Instead, just click on the X under the application's X.

If you really want a separate instance of excel (I wouldn't), you may be able to
do this:

Tools|Options|General|Ignore other applications (check it)

(uncheck it when you want to revert to "normal" <bg>.)
 
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