Multiple Office Docs in Separate Windows.

[Terra]

I can't seem to explain this unless I do it through an
example so here it is:

I open an existing excel workbook called main.xls and keep
it open through this whole example.

If I open a new excel workbook via an icon on the desktop
or the start bar/programs and then close it using the X in
the upper right hand corner, it closes only the new
workbook.

But, if I open a new workbook using the "blank paper icon
in the main.xls workbook OR I open another workbook called
ITlog.xls and then close using the X in the upper right
hand corner, it closes all excel workbooks.

How can I separate the workbooks so that the X in the
upper right hand corner of the excel application only
controls one workbook?

Sorry this took so much to explain. Thanks for any help!

 

[Mike Williams [MVP]]

I can't seem to explain this unless I do it through an
example so here it is:

I open an existing excel workbook called main.xls and keep
it open through this whole example.

If I open a new excel workbook via an icon on the desktop
or the start bar/programs and then close it using the X in
the upper right hand corner, it closes only the new
workbook.

But, if I open a new workbook using the "blank paper icon
in the main.xls workbook OR I open another workbook called
ITlog.xls and then close using the X in the upper right
hand corner, it closes all excel workbooks.

How can I separate the workbooks so that the X in the
upper right hand corner of the excel application only
controls one workbook?

Sorry this took so much to explain. Thanks for any help!

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