Dual monitors, Excel 07, Two spreadsheets 1

[DonKlein]

I have two monitors on my Win 7 desktop. I would like to have Excel open on both monitors showing different spreadsheets, but can't find a way to do it. Is it possible?

Thanks,
Don

 

[fisheromacse]

there may be some assistance in this thread:

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7files/thread/f7588d9a-3c41-466f-8f01-3b6ab9661ae3

i have yet to make the big move to Win7 on my machine (and won't until i get a new one!), so can't speak from experience.

 

[DonKlein]

Thanks Fish for pointing me in the right direction. The key to getting two different workbooks open on two seperate monitors is to open the second copy of Excel from an icon on the desktop or from Start Programs. Attempting to open the second copy from an icon pinned to the task bar does not work.

Thanks again,
Don

 

[Gruuuu]

open the second copy of Excel from an icon on the desktop or from Start Programs.

Note that this probably opens a second instance of Excel, which is not the same as having one instance with multiple Excel Spreadsheets. Copying and pasting between the two applications will probably have a few strange caveats (I can't test this, but given my experience with Excel 2007 on XP, I have strong reason to believe this will happen.)