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Excel provides a complete file management system. One of the features of this system is that you can quickly load multiple workbooks in one easy step. To do this, follow these steps:
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2017-09-27 09:55:08
i AM NOT ABLE TO OPEN ALL THE 30 FILES, ITS OPENING ONLY FIRST FILE. SECONDLY I WANT ALL THESE FILES IN ONE SPREADSHEET
2017-05-19 17:29:05
Ann
Since I can no longer open many Excel files in one Excel window. I am going to load the old version back onto my computer. Do you know at which version the change was made so that they all open in a separate window?
TIA, Ann
2016-12-29 00:27:54
I frequently need to open multiple Excel workbooks from within a running VBA macro. I store all of my documants on MS OneDrive, but on occasion, the most recently saved copy may not yet have been transferred from "My Computer" to OneDrive. It is not clear how I can ensure that I am opening the most recently saved copy?
2016-12-28 13:50:47
gerdami
@Matthew Foote,
You have to change a setting in the registry to allow the opening of more than 15 files at once.
See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2022295/
2015-01-13 12:14:00
Matthew Foote
I used to open a folder that contained all excel files and just use CTRL A to select them all and then right click and select open but I can't do that anymore, it will only let me open a few at a time so I have to open them in clusters, any idea how to fix this?
2013-07-17 20:30:02
Janice
I have worksheets 63l, 634, 636, etc. I want them to open in numeric order. They don't with this. Any suggestions why they don't. Currently open each one individually.
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