Excel 2016 - One instance

Question

How can I configure Excel to open only one instance similar to 2010.

Answer 1

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Excel 2016 when opened opens only one instance. However, let us know if you are talking about the ability in Excel 2016 to open multiple spreadsheets in the same Excel 2016 window? If yes, then this feature is not available in Excel 2016 and was discontinued since Excel 2013.

I suggest you to take a moment and send us your views and feedback about Excel 2016.

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https://excel.uservoice.com/

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Answer 2

MSFT needs to allow multiple windows in Excel 2016.  I'm not sure of what seems to have been a 'popular' request to have each window created in a new instance, but there are (were) many advantages to having multiple workbooks within the same instance, spread across multiple monitors or above/below each other...main one being a single ribbon/toolbar and the saved screen real estate that comes with it.

Personally, being forced to only have multiple instances is making me less productive.

BB

Answer 3

Hello,

Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community.

Excel 2016 when opened opens only one instance. However, let us know if you are talking about the ability in Excel 2016 to open multiple spreadsheets in the same Excel 2016 window? If yes, then this feature is not available in Excel 2016 and was discontinued since Excel 2013.

I suggest you to take a moment and send us your views and feedback about Excel 2016.

Submit your feedback using the following link:

https://excel.uservoice.com/

Thank you for sharing your issue and requirement with us. We listen to all feedback and consider them for additional feature/future versions of our products. Your feedback helps us know which features are most important to you. We appreciate your continued interest in Microsoft products and services. Microsoft is committed to continuously improving your experience with our products.

Thank you.

It is most unfortunate that Microsoft has felt the need to eliminate the option of having multiple spreadsheets within in one instance of the program.  I not sure why this was decided, but, the issue now is the screen real estate, as another user has mentioned.  I typically work in 3 and more spreadsheets, and I certainly "DON'T NEED" 3 or more ribbons taking up space.

It was very simple to resize each spreadsheet within the one excel window and work from there, and if I needed to reduce excel, I could reduce "all" spreadsheets within the one program by clicking the bar, now I have to click all of the windows..

Personally I never saw the need to open more than one instance of Excel, I just used more computer resources.

Please tell me when Microsoft will smarten up and put this option back.

Sincerely

Eugene

Answer 4

Let me be a little less polite than others:  THIS SUCKS!

I have a file set-up to automatically open each time I start Excel, plus a personal macro file.  So every time I click on an Excel file in Windows Explorer, Excel now has to open a new instance of the program plus then try to open both of those files even though they are already in use.

Why did Microsoft make this changed?? This makes no sense!

Answer 5

Hello,

Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community.

Excel 2016 when opened opens only one instance. However, let us know if you are talking about the ability in Excel 2016 to open multiple spreadsheets in the same Excel 2016 window? If yes, then this feature is not available in Excel 2016 and was discontinued since Excel 2013.

I suggest you to take a moment and send us your views and feedback about Excel 2016.

Submit your feedback using the following link:

https://excel.uservoice.com/

Thank you for sharing your issue and requirement with us. We listen to all feedback and consider them for additional feature/future versions of our products. Your feedback helps us know which features are most important to you. We appreciate your continued interest in Microsoft products and services. Microsoft is committed to continuously improving your experience with our products.

Thank you.

It is most unfortunate that Microsoft has felt the need to eliminate the option of having multiple spreadsheets within in one instance of the program.  I not sure why this was decided, but, the issue now is the screen real estate, as another user has mentioned.  I typically work in 3 and more spreadsheets, and I certainly "DON'T NEED" 3 or more ribbons taking up space.

It was very simple to resize each spreadsheet within the one excel window and work from there, and if I needed to reduce excel, I could reduce "all" spreadsheets within the one program by clicking the bar, now I have to click all of the windows..

Personally I never saw the need to open more than one instance of Excel, I just used more computer resources.

Please tell me when Microsoft will smarten up and put this option back.

Sincerely

Eugene

AMEN, Eugene. Am so much less productive without that ability - Don't really get why it was discontinued since you could previously open multiple instances if that was what you needed, but didn't have to if you didn't want it. Not a good decision by Microsoft and ignores needs of many Excel users. Hope they fix it -- Doug Bruce