{"id":76,"date":"2012-07-26T08:19:07","date_gmt":"2012-07-26T08:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toolbox.pingvinfeszek.hu\/?p=76"},"modified":"2019-09-30T21:08:36","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T08:08:36","slug":"excel-2007-2012-open-two-spreadsheets-in-two-separate-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.gaborhargitai.hu\/excel-2007-2012-open-two-spreadsheets-in-two-separate-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Excel 2007 \/ 2012 &#8211; Open two spreadsheets in two separate windows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ever wanted to open a spreadsheet like you did before Excel 2007? Now it is possible and it comes in handy if you need to compare documents side-by-side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Start Regedit (WinKey + R, type in &#8220;regedit&#8221; without the quotation marks and hit Enter)Navigate to: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\/Excel.Sheet.8\/shell\/Open\/command<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Double Click on (Default) and write:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office12\\EXCEL.EXE\" \/e \"%1\"<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Right Click on Command \u2013 choose &#8220;<strong>rename<\/strong>&#8221; and enter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>command2<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Right Click on the folder &#8220;<strong>ddeexec<\/strong>&#8221; (in the tree view at the left) and choose &#8220;<strong>rename<\/strong>&#8221; and enter: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>ddeexec2<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Navigate to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\/Excel.Sheet.12\/shell\/Open\/command<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Double Click on (Default) and write:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office12\\EXCEL.EXE\" \/e \"%1\"<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Right Click on Command \u2013 choose &#8220;<strong>rename<\/strong>&#8221; and enter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>command2<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Right Click on the folder &#8220;<strong>ddeexec<\/strong>&#8221; (in the tree view at the left) and choose &#8220;<strong>rename<\/strong>&#8221; and enter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>ddeexec2<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re done! The spreadsheet you&#8217;ll open next will behave as intended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Credit goes to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/forum\/office_2010-excel\/i-want-to-open-2-excel-files-in-separate-windows\/f7588d9a-3c41-466f-8f01-3b6ab9661ae3\" target=\"_blank\">the source<\/a>, as this is a reposted\/reblogged edit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wanted to open a spreadsheet like you did before Excel 2007? Now it is possible and it comes in handy if you need to compare documents side-by-side. Start Regedit (WinKey + R, type in &#8220;regedit&#8221; without the quotation marks and hit Enter)Navigate to: Double Click on (Default) and write: Right Click on Command \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.gaborhargitai.hu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.gaborhargitai.hu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.gaborhargitai.hu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.gaborhargitai.hu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.gaborhargitai.hu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wp.gaborhargitai.hu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":473,"href":"https:\/\/wp.gaborhargitai.hu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions\/473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.gaborhargitai.hu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.gaborhargitai.hu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.gaborhargitai.hu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}