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How to Open Excel 2010 Spreadsheets In A New Window

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Here’s a quick trick for all the Excel 2010 users out there that like to work with multiple monitors, or simply desire to have more flexibility when working with spreadsheets. By default, when you open a spreadsheet (.xls or .xlsx extensions, usually), Excel will try to reuse any existing Excel window you have open. This is probably because Microsoft felt it was more resource-friendly, in the end, but in doing so, the user loses the flexibility of working with windows. Instead, they have to work with pseudo-windows within a sandbox. What if you wanted to have two copies of Excel: one with one spreadsheet, and the second with another? If you have Excel open, and you try to open it again, it will only show you the window you already opened.

Solution

To do this, we must make use of a useful Windows key known as SHIFT. In Windows 7 and 8, holding SHIFT while clicking the Excel icon in the task bar will make a new copy of Excel appear.

A screenshot of the Excel 2010 icon as it appears in the sidebar. It is circled in red, and a red arrow points to it. Above the red arrow is the text, in black, which states "Left-click while holding SHIFT."

Unsurprisingly, in Windows 8, the same thing works in the start screen:

Excel 2010 showing up in the Windows 8 start screen, as a search result

Once again, all one needs to do is hold SHIFT while left-clicking the search result, or while pressing ENTER.

Update #5: New Hal-Con 2013 Interviews, Portal 2 Video

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People of the internet, hello! How are things? Good? Everything shiny? Glad to hear. On my side, I’m happy to the report numerous new additions in this update. One exciting little tidbit is that I’m down to one last Dragon Con 2013 video, and though it’s not fully finished yet, it will be ready quite soon! I’m also set to attend another convention, shortly, and that’ll mean more interviews in the near future. In fact, overall, I’m ramping up production in all of my content creation plans. It’s an exciting time!

  • Added the second part to my Portal 2 Let’s Play series.

Update #4: New Dragon Con 2013 Interview, Transcription, Let’s Play Series, Facebook Page

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Hello again! This update will list what I’ve accomplished over the past month or so. Once again, the limiting factor here is that I can’t reveal everything I’m working on. You can expect more information about some of these additions in future posts.

  • Added one more Dragon Con 2013 interview: BMO. Something unique happens in the middle of that interview, so look for that when watching. I even wrote a blog post about it, and transcribed it soon after uploading.
  • Added the first video in a new Let’s Play series, one where I play through a friend’s Portal 2 map. Expect a post about this initiative in the near future.
  • Launched a new Facebook page to represent my content creation efforts. If you like my style, please consider supporting me by liking my page. I plan to
  • Improved the overall visual style of the website. Rather than just having content on a plain white background, the website how has textured backgrounds on the left and right of the content.
  • Re-organized the main menu so it’s simpler for the average visitor, while also aligning it with my future plans.