Hi Roger, you can have 2 instances of EXCEL running under Windows 7: I have
just tested it and it works OK and you can do exactly what you want to do.

Please hit Yes if my comments have helped.

Thanks.

"Roger" wrote:

I have two different workbooks I would like to view at the same time. I would
also like to copy & paste cels from one spreadsheet to the other.

Under Winxp and earlier I could have two instances of Excel open at the same
time. Win-7 seems to prevent this.

The answers previously given do not apply to Win-7 as I cannot find the
options such as TOOLS so I can make changes.