Problem moving windows between two screens

[dunken69]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel Hi,

I'm using two screens, which are arranged in the monitor preferences so that they do not align at the top: one of them is positioned higher than the other. This mirrors the physical setup of the two monitors: a laptop and a bigger screen, which is slightly raised.

Here is the problem: when I move an Excel window from the laptop screen (the main screen) to the other screen, I am not able to move the window all the way up. It seems to remember the upper limit of the laptop screen, beyond which I cannot move it. In other words, the window is stuck in the lower half of the screen, as if there was an invisible barrier past which I cannot move it.

This is definitely a bug in Excel, no other applications are displaying this behaviour. Has anybody else experienced this? Is this being worked on, or is there a workaround?

Using Excel 2008 for Mac, Version 12.0 (071130)

Cheers,
Knud

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor:
Intel Hi,

I'm using two screens, which are arranged in the monitor preferences so
that they do not align at the top: one of them is positioned higher than
the other. This mirrors the physical setup of the two monitors: a laptop
and a bigger screen, which is slightly raised.

Here is the problem: when I move an Excel window from the laptop screen
(the main screen) to the other screen, I am not able to move the window
all the way up. It seems to remember the upper limit of the laptop
screen, beyond which I cannot move it. In other words, the window is
stuck in the lower half of the screen, as if there was an invisible
barrier past which I cannot move it.

This is definitely a bug in Excel, no other applications are displaying
this behaviour. Has anybody else experienced this? Is this being worked
on, or is there a workaround?

Using Excel 2008 for Mac, Version 12.0 (071130)

Cheers,
Knud

I have no problems moving Excel windows between monitors. Are you sure
the monitors are properly aligned in the monitors control panel? Doe sht
Excel window fit entirely in the other monitor?

 

[dunken69]

> I have no problems moving Excel windows between monitors. Are you sure
> the monitors are properly aligned in the monitors control panel? Doe sht
> Excel window fit entirely in the other monitor?
>
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> Bobgreenblattatmsndotcom

Hi Bob,

I'm not sure what you mean by "properly aligned" - is there a way to improperly align the screens? As I mentioned, the secondary screen (the monitor) is set up to be higher than main screen (the laptop). The laptop screen is smaller. This is a little hard to explain in words, so you can have a look at this screenshot:

http://kantenwerk.org/images/screen_alignment_2.png

As for your second question: yes, the Excel window does fit entirely into the secondary screen, so that is not the problem.

Cheers,
Knud

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

Hi Bob,

I'm not sure what you mean by "properly aligned" - is there a way to
improperly align the screens? As I mentioned, the secondary screen (the
monitor) is set up to be higher than main screen (the laptop). The
laptop screen is smaller. This is a little hard to explain in words, so
you can have a look at this screenshot:

http://kantenwerk.org/images/screen_alignment_2.png

As for your second question: yes, the Excel window does fit entirely
into the secondary screen, so that is not the problem.

Cheers,
Knud

OK, I see the screen arrangement. And are you saying that you can not
drag the title bar diagonally from the left monitor up and to the right
to the large monitor?

 

[XinXin]

The first thing I suggest here is to bring your MacOffice up-to-date

The latest version is 12.2.4 - your version (12.0.0) is 2.5-years behind.

Thanks,
XinXin Liu
Test Lead, Macintosh Business Unit, Microsoft