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ethull
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Dec 01, 2018

Excel

I have recently switched to Office 365.  When I go into excel I want to make the worksheet half screen so that I bring up another file beside it.  When I try to drag the edge of excel in to half screen it immediately minimizes the worksheet.  Is there a way to make the worksheet half screen?  I have used excel for years and never ran into this problem.

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    jimfikes
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    Have you tried Windows Key + Left Arrow (or Right Arrow)? I have my students work in what we call "split vertical" mode all the time. With the keyboard shortcut, Windows + Left Arrow, the active window will automatically size to half screen on the left. If you click on any other open window, it will auto-fill the other half of your screen. With windows organized like this, it is easy to resize them my left-click hold on the active widow's mid-screen border and resize it. The non-active window will auto-size as you resize the active window.

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