Need two Excel windows side by side, on different monitors, in the same instance
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I have to do work between two spreadsheets and I need to view them side by side. I can't just open the workbooks in separate instances because I need to make use of features like paste formatting, and all of that goes away when the workbooks aren't in the same instance. Is there anything I can do t…
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Fix for: Need two Excel windows side by side, on different monitors, in the same instance
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I'm assuming you're extending your desktop onto both monitors? Once you've done that, make sure Excel is NOT maximized and manually resize the Excel program window using the corner resizing anchors to cover both screens. Then you can open both sprea…
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