Comments on: Excel windows on multiple monitors http://steves.seasidelife.com/2008/04/28/excel-windows-on-multiple-monitors/ I'm Steve Richards a strategist and all round tech enthusiast working on enterprise desktop, application delivery and collaboration solutions. I work from home by the coast in the North West of England. All the views expressed in this blog are my own. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:18:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2-beta By: Mark D. MacLachlan http://steves.seasidelife.com/2008/04/28/excel-windows-on-multiple-monitors/#comment-840 Mark D. MacLachlan Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:08:09 +0000 http://steves.seasidelife.com/2008/04/28/excel-windows-on-multiple-monitors/#comment-840 Here is an easy solution for you. Save the below code in notepad and name it NewExcelWindow.vbs. Then place that script file in your SendTo folder. You can then launch an Excel file by right clicking and choosing SendTo NewExcelWindow. You will then be able to move the Windows into different monitors. Developed and tested on Vista Ultimate. Verified on both x64 and x32 systems. '========================================================================== ' ' NAME: NewExcelWindow.vbs ' ' AUTHOR: Mark D. MacLachlan , The Spider's Parlor ' URL: http://www.thespidersparlor.com ' DATE : 8/6/2008 ' COPYRIGHT (c) 2008 All Rights Reserved ' ' COMMENT: Forces a spreadsheet to open in a new Excel process window. ' Copy this script to your SendTo directory and access via ' right click. ' ' THIS CODE AND INFORMATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ' ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ' THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A ' PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ' ' IN NO EVENT SHALL THE SPIDER'S PARLOR AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS ' BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY ' DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, ' WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ' ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE ' OF THIS CODE OR INFORMATION. ' '========================================================================== On Error Resume Next strFile = WScript.Arguments(0) Dim oXL Set oXL = CreateObject("Excel.Application") Set objSpread = oXL.Workbooks.open(strFile) oXL.Visible = True Here is an easy solution for you. Save the below code in notepad and name it NewExcelWindow.vbs. Then place that script file in your SendTo folder. You can then launch an Excel file by right clicking and choosing SendTo NewExcelWindow. You will then be able to move the Windows into different monitors. Developed and tested on Vista Ultimate. Verified on both x64 and x32 systems.

‘==========================================================================
‘
‘ NAME: NewExcelWindow.vbs
‘
‘ AUTHOR: Mark D. MacLachlan , The Spider’s Parlor
‘ URL: http://www.thespidersparlor.com
‘ DATE : 8/6/2008
‘ COPYRIGHT (c) 2008 All Rights Reserved
‘
‘ COMMENT: Forces a spreadsheet to open in a new Excel process window.
‘ Copy this script to your SendTo directory and access via
‘ right click.
‘
‘ THIS CODE AND INFORMATION IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
‘ ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
‘ THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A
‘ PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
‘
‘ IN NO EVENT SHALL THE SPIDER’S PARLOR AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS
‘ BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY
‘ DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS,
‘ WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS
‘ ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE
‘ OF THIS CODE OR INFORMATION.
‘
‘==========================================================================
On Error Resume Next
strFile = WScript.Arguments(0)
Dim oXL
Set oXL = CreateObject(”Excel.Application”)
Set objSpread = oXL.Workbooks.open(strFile)
oXL.Visible = True

]]> By: Stu Downes http://steves.seasidelife.com/2008/04/28/excel-windows-on-multiple-monitors/#comment-637 Stu Downes Tue, 27 May 2008 12:17:33 +0000 http://steves.seasidelife.com/2008/04/28/excel-windows-on-multiple-monitors/#comment-637 In vista start run excel.exe works well to get multiple excel sessions running for me. In vista start run excel.exe works well to get multiple excel sessions running for me.

]]> By: Steven, not Steve http://steves.seasidelife.com/2008/04/28/excel-windows-on-multiple-monitors/#comment-634 Steven, not Steve Thu, 08 May 2008 15:31:31 +0000 http://steves.seasidelife.com/2008/04/28/excel-windows-on-multiple-monitors/#comment-634 The CTRL+ click on Excel works for me, on Windows XP. Now if only someone can find a way to make this work for PowerPoint The CTRL+ click on Excel works for me, on Windows XP.

Now if only someone can find a way to make this work for PowerPoint

]]> By: RGlazier http://steves.seasidelife.com/2008/04/28/excel-windows-on-multiple-monitors/#comment-626 RGlazier Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:32:48 +0000 http://steves.seasidelife.com/2008/04/28/excel-windows-on-multiple-monitors/#comment-626 Hi Steve, You can also CTRL+ click as you open Excel from the start menu. Seems to work well. Credit: Reader comment on Vista Clues http://www.vistaclues.com/reader-question-open-excel-on-multiple-monitors/ Though I am on XP it still works fine for me. Thanks, Rob Hi Steve,

You can also CTRL+ click as you open Excel from the start menu. Seems to work well.

Credit: Reader comment on Vista Clues
http://www.vistaclues.com/reader-question-open-excel-on-multiple-monitors/

Though I am on XP it still works fine for me.

Thanks,

Rob

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