How Do I move a Spreadsheet to a New Instance of Excel

[gambit023]

Is there a way to move an already open spreadsheet to another instance of Excel?

I'm running Excel 2007.


Thanks in advance!

 

[Ron Coderre]

If you describe what you ultimately want to do with the workbook, we'll have a better chance of helping.

 

[pagrender]

To make a quick copy of your current spreadsheet, go to View and choose New Window.

Pete

 

[gambit023]

I have two spreadsheets in one instance of Excel. I want to utilize my dual monitors and have these two spreadsheets in their own instance of Excel.

 

[gambit023]

To make a quick copy of your current spreadsheet, go to View and choose New Window.

Pete

Thanks Pete but the View > Choose New Window opens the file in the same instance of Excel. I would like it in a seperate instance of Excel.

 

[Darren Bartrup]

Start another instance of Excel, and open the file again (if it's already open in the other instance it will open as read-only).

~ or ~

Stretch the one instance of Excel across both monitors and arrange your windows (not sure how to do that in 2007 though).

 

[gambit023]

Start another instance of Excel, and open the file again (if it's already open in the other instance it will open as read-only).

~ or ~

Stretch the one instance of Excel across both monitors and arrange your windows (not sure how to do that in 2007 though).

I opened another instance of Excel and double clicked my spreadsheet. It opened in the first instance of Excel which I don't want!

What the logic of how Excel determins which instance to open a file in?

 

[Darren Bartrup]

What the logic of how Excel determins which instance to open a file in?

As far as I know a workbook will open in the last instance of Excel that was active (i.e. the last one you were working with).

 

[RoryA]

If you've opened another instance of Excel, simplest thing is to open the workbook from that instance, not from Explorer.

 

[Darren Bartrup]

If you've opened another instance of Excel, simplest thing is to open the workbook from that instance, not from Explorer.

Of course, that's the easy way to do it.