Re: Stop excel from creating a blank worksheet every time I open it?
- From: Bob Greenblatt <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:28:29 -0400
On 7/28/08 10:54 AM, in article #wXyfHM8IHA.5624@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"Phillip Jones" <pjones1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hey Bob that's actually an incorrect assumption. If an application isI'm sorry, but it is an Apple standard that if an application is open with
already launched on a mac You can re launch it. If its shows as active
but hidden (either another application is shown - you you only see the
desktop) but you see a black Triangle next to application. (or I believe
its a pale blue dot everyone fusses about on X.5 you are unhiding the
application. if you go to finder name of application and choose Unhide
all The last one is still on top.
Clicking an application with triangle actually places it on top. On OS9
In finder you could actually select from a list of open applications
which to be on Top. But not with OSX. There is a Utility for OSX that
does bring that back but its share ware and best I can remember it uses
a method not sanctioned by Apple.
IF Ms Office assumes such then thats a bug.
Its strictly unhiding and placing on top a running application Unless
its never been started to begin with.
And besides, most *good* software, will not allow more than one instance
of an application to be open at any one time.
CyberTaz wrote:
Excel will *always* create a new blank workbook when launched directly.
There are ways to "avoid" seeing it, but that book should evaporate when you
open an existing file just as you describe.
Once the program is open, however, the new workbooks are being created
because you are switching back to Excel by clicking the Dock icon -
effectively *re-launching* the program - and those do not close when you
open a different file. That's more of an OS X behavior than it is an Excel
behavior. To avoid it use the Command+Tab method to restore/recall the
program rather than clicking the icon in the Dock.
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
On 7/28/08 1:06 AM, in article 59b5555c.-1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"thatgeek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <thatgeek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel
every time I open or switch to excel from another program, it wants to make
a
new blank worksheet. At least 2004 would automatically close the blank one,
if
I opened a previously saved worksheet.
It drives me crazy.
I've looked though the options and I can't find a way to stop it.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
NO open documents, then clicking on its icon in the dock will activate that
application WITH a blank document. If there are documents open in that app
than sele4cting its icon from the dock will activate the application. It
sounds as though the original poster is asking for Excel to violate an Apple
standard.
--
Bob Greenblatt [MVP], Macintosh
bobgreenblattATmsnDOTcom
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