New Window button greyed out

Question

I have just succumbed to the constant nagging and upgraded to Office 2016 - very pretty! However my most used spreadsheet in Excel is giving me real problems. In Excel 2010 I have a workbook with 4 sheets which I have arranged horizontally to view at the same time. When I fire this up in 2016 it opens up four separate windows and the option to click on "new window" so as to re-combine them is greyed out, as it is in all my workbooks regardless of how many sheets.

I'm obviously doing (or not doing) something simple - can anyone shed some light? Any help would be most appreciated, especially as I can no longer open Outlook 2010 so seem to be committed to the upgrade!

Thanks in anticipation,

John

Answer 1

That may have come across wrong. I meant that there can only be one version of Outlook on a machine and assuming that Office 2016 was installed including Outlook 2016, then Outlook 2010 is no longer available.

Answer 2

If you have installed Office 2016, then you won't be able to open Outlook 2010. You can only have one version of Outlook on your system.

This was true in the past but no longer. I have Office 2013 and Office 365 (office 2016) on the same PC. I use Outlook 2013 everyday because my employer's copy of MS Exchange cannot handle Outlook 2016 yet.

best wishes

Answer 3

Hello,

If you have installed Office 2016, then you won't be able to open Outlook 2010. You can only have one version of Outlook on your system. 

Starting with Excel 2013, each workbook opens in its own window, with ribbon and all. The single window interface where you can have several workbooks arranged under one ribbon is no longer available and there is no setting that can change that.

Answer 4

Hi John,

I realize the inconvenience you are experiencing with OneNote 2016. I will certainly help you.

Let’s refer to the suggestions from the below Microsoft article to repair Office 2016 installation and check if it helps resolve the issue.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-in/project-help/repair-or-remove-office-HA010357402.aspx

Hope it helps. Try the suggestions and let us know the result at your earliest convenience.      

Thank you.