Using <Ctrl>-Click to open files

[Chip A]

When using <Ctrl>-Click to open multiple files from the
File/Open dialog in Excel 2003, only the first file will
appear on the taskbar. A combo-box type Taskbar selector
for multiple Excel files does *not* appear.

Also, only the first file appears on the <Alt>-<Tab>
menu. However, all files appear in the Excel Window menu.
The problem also occurs when using <Ctrl>-Click/Right-
Click/Open to open multiple files from Windows Explorer
or My Computer.

The problem does not occur when opening the files
individually.

Is this a known problem? Is there a fix? Thanks!

 

[Jim Rech]

A genuine bug it appears to me. Looks like it was ok in Excel 2000 but not
in 2002 or 2003. Probably will not get fixed until the next version of
Excel, if then.

 

[Guest]

Chip,
Check under Tools>Options>View. In the first row there should be a check box for view all in task bar , or something like that. I have excel 97 here at work and it doesn't include this option, but I know it is in later versions.

Hope this helps.

Good Luck,
Mark Graesser
(e-mail address removed)

----- Chip A wrote: -----

When using <Ctrl>-Click to open multiple files from the
File/Open dialog in Excel 2003, only the first file will
appear on the taskbar. A combo-box type Taskbar selector
for multiple Excel files does *not* appear.

Also, only the first file appears on the <Alt>-<Tab>
menu. However, all files appear in the Excel Window menu.
The problem also occurs when using <Ctrl>-Click/Right-
Click/Open to open multiple files from Windows Explorer
or My Computer.

The problem does not occur when opening the files
individually.

Is this a known problem? Is there a fix? Thanks!

 

[Chip Anderson]

Jim,

Thanks for your reply. What is the mechanism for
reporting this to Microsoft without having to pay for an
incident?

Thanks,

Chip Anderson