Why do Excel taskbar buttons jump to the end if you open a new spreadsheet?

[Madawc]

For both Windows 7 and Windows XP, taskbar buttons appear in sequence of opening that software. I've got Windows 7 set to not combine unless the taskbar is full, meaning that it looks much like Windows XP did. (Except that it puts buttons for the same software next to each other, but that's not a problem.)

With Excel, and Excel alone, I have found that if I have one spreadsheet open and open another, both will sometimes jump to the end of the list of buttons. I've not seen any other software do this, and it does not always happen.

In Windows XP, I could avoid this by opening a second copy of Excel. This no longer works.

I currently have Excel 2010, part of a general upgrade we had. With Windows XP it was Excel 2002.

It's an irritant because I frequenly need a large number of taskbar buttons open when testing software that I have developed. And to have them arranged in an order that makes sense to me and has related functions next to each other, maybe in two rows. Excel's behaviour disrupts the pattern.

Madawc Williams (East Anglia, UK). Using Crystal 2008 with SQL and Windows XP

 

[xlhelp]

Is your Taskbar locked? (.....Right click Taskbar)


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[Madawc]

No. I like to have two lines of taskbar buttons, but if I lock it as such, the machine "corrects" this back to a single line for the next sign-on.

Madawc Williams (East Anglia, UK). Using Crystal 2008 with SQL and Windows XP

 

[combo]

When you right-clisk the taskbar and select "properties", you can also configure the option of grouping similar buttons on the taskbar.

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[Madawc]

Where's the "grouping similar" option? I don't see it (may be been suppressed by site administrators.)

It also does not answer my original question, which is just about Excel.

Madawc Williams (East Anglia, UK). Using Crystal 2008 with SQL and Windows XP

 

[xlhelp]

Please take a look at this and see if it helps:

http://rammichael.com/?showtopic=29

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[Madawc]

I looked but saw nothing to solve my problem. Thanks anyway.

Madawc Williams (East Anglia, UK). Using Crystal 2008 with SQL and Windows XP