Appearance of Excel on the Taskbar

Summary: Do you want Excel to use a task button, on the Windows Task Bar, for each of your open worksheets? Then just make this simple change to get the appearance you want. (This tip works with Microsoft Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Excel 2003, and Excel 2007.)

If you are using Excel 2000 (or later), you can control how Excel workbooks appear on your task bar. You can instruct Excel to display only a single task regardless of how many workbooks are open, or you can have it display one task for each workbook.

To specify how Excel utilizes the toolbar, follow these steps if you are using Excel 2000, Excel 2002, or Excel 2003:

Choose Options from the Tools menu. Excel displays the Options dialog box.
Make sure the View tab is selected. (Click here to see a related figure.)
Set the Windows In Taskbar check box, in the upper-right corner of the dialog box, according to your preference.
Click on OK.

If you are using Excel 2007, follow these steps instead:

Click the Office button, then click Excel Options. Excel displays the Excel Options dialog box.
At the left side of the dialog box, click Advanced. (Click here to see a related figure.)
Scroll through the available options until you find the Display group.
Set the Show All Windows in the Taskbar check box, as desired.
Click on OK.

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