Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated December 26, 2020)
This tip applies to Excel 2000, 2002, and 2003
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:
Figure 1. The View tab of the Options dialog box.
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