All Excel screens close when I close any one of them in Vista.

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This may be a problem with other programs as well, but so far i've only
noticed it in Excel. I will be working with two spread sheets and each will
have it's own button on the taskbar, but when i close one any other excel
windows close as well which has been a real issue as i keep forgetting that
vista does this. Is there a preference setting that can be changed? or
perhaps a patch that can be downloaded. i really don't like this if it is
supposed to be some new sort of feature by Microsoft.

[Jos Roijakkers]

Hello Jon,

This is not a Vista issue. It happens under WinXP as well (I am talking about
Office 2003).
It is one of those inconsistencies in Microsoft's programs.

Jos

This may be a problem with other programs as well, but so far i've
only noticed it in Excel. I will be working with two spread sheets and
each will have it's own button on the taskbar, but when i close one
any other excel windows close as well which has been a real issue as i
keep forgetting that vista does this. Is there a preference setting
that can be changed? or perhaps a patch that can be downloaded. i
really don't like this if it is supposed to be some new sort of
feature by Microsoft.

[Michael D. Ober]

"Jon Dough" <Jon Do***@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
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This may be a problem with other programs as well, but so far i've only
noticed it in Excel. I will be working with two spread sheets and each
will
have it's own button on the taskbar, but when i close one any other excel
windows close as well which has been a real issue as i keep forgetting
that
vista does this. Is there a preference setting that can be changed? or
perhaps a patch that can be downloaded. i really don't like this if it is
supposed to be some new sort of feature by Microsoft.

This is an inconsistency in Excel. Word doesn't do this.

Mike.

[Scott M.]

Just make sure that when you are done with one of your Excel files you hit
the lower X in the top-right of the program, not the upper-most X.
"Jos Roijakkers" <j.**********@qred-it.nlwrote in message
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Hello Jon,

This is not a Vista issue. It happens under WinXP as well (I am talking
about Office 2003). It is one of those inconsistencies in Microsoft's
programs.
Jos

>This may be a problem with other programs as well, but so far i've
only noticed it in Excel. I will be working with two spread sheets and
each will have it's own button on the taskbar, but when i close one
any other excel windows close as well which has been a real issue as i
keep forgetting that vista does this. Is there a preference setting
that can be changed? or perhaps a patch that can be downloaded. i
really don't like this if it is supposed to be some new sort of
feature by Microsoft.