Launching Excel

[Guest]

How can I configure Excel to launch a separate window (or instance) for each
Excel document I open through explorer?

 

[Guest]

Tools>Options>View> Check Windows in Taskbar

 

[Guest]

What I need is to open 2 instances so I can have each in its own display
(monitor). I realize I can stretch Excel across the desktop, but I would
prefer to have two separate instances running.

 

[Jay]

How can I configure Excel to launch a separate window (or instance)

for each Excel document I open through explorer?

I'm aware of two different ways to do this.

#1. From the Windows "Start" menu, use the cascaded menu to open Excel.
Once Excel is running, use "File >> Open" to open an Excel file. Repeat the
steps for the second file.

#2. Point to an Excel file on the desktop or in a folder. With the right
mouse button, click "Send To >> Excel". Repeat the steps for the second
file.

For #2, you might not see "Excel" in the "Send To" menu at first. To add it
there, put a shortcut to the Excel program into the folder
C:\Windows\SendTo\

(I use Excel 97 and Windows 98.)

 

[Dave Peterson]

I have a separate shortcut to excel on my desktop to start more instances of
excel.

If I'm really too lazy to get to the desktop, I'll use:

windows start button|run
excel
and hit enter