open windows resizing

Is there any way to set my preferred size of a particular window to stay
the way I want it to?

I have a very small excel file I use as a sort of daily checklist, and
keep it open on my desktop. I often return to my computer to mark
something off and discover that the open window displayed on the desktop
has resized itself, almost always to a much smaller size.

I find this exasperating.

TIA for any help!

A R Pickett

On 2/22/2015 11:17 AM, A R Pickett wrote:
Is there any way to set my preferred size of a particular window to stay
the way I want it to?

I have a very small excel file I use as a sort of daily checklist, and
keep it open on my desktop. I often return to my computer to mark
something off and discover that the open window displayed on the desktop
has resized itself, almost always to a much smaller size.

I find this exasperating.

TIA for any help!

A R Pickett


Excel will reopen using the size it was when you last closed it.

On 2/22/2015 9:17 AM, A R Pickett wrote:
Is there any way to set my preferred size of a particular window to stay
the way I want it to?

I have a very small excel file I use as a sort of daily checklist, and
keep it open on my desktop. I often return to my computer to mark
something off and discover that the open window displayed on the desktop
has resized itself, almost always to a much smaller size.

I find this exasperating.

TIA for any help!

A R Pickett


Is it resizing while already open? Or do you close it and then reopen
it, finding that it is a different size?

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In message , A R Pickett
writes:
Is there any way to set my preferred size of a particular window to
stay the way I want it to?

I have a very small excel file I use as a sort of daily checklist, and
keep it open on my desktop. I often return to my computer to mark
something off and discover that the open window displayed on the
desktop has resized itself, almost always to a much smaller size.

I find this exasperating.

TIA for any help!

A R Pickett

Unless you're intending to do sums on the contents: if you just want a
table - a grid - then use a table in Word; that's much more versatile.
(Lots of people think "Excel" when all they want is a table.)

However, I don't know if that would make any difference to the problem
)-:.
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A R Pickett wrote on 2/22/2015 12:17 PM:
Is there any way to set my preferred size of a particular window to stay
the way I want it to?

I have a very small excel file I use as a sort of daily checklist, and
keep it open on my desktop. I often return to my computer to mark
something off and discover that the open window displayed on the desktop
has resized itself, almost always to a much smaller size.

I find this exasperating.

TIA for any help!

A R Pickett

I find that sizing the window and using the File-Exit rather than the 'X' in the upper right.
Exit seems to save it for me. That or it's an old XP thinggy.

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , A R Pickett
writes:
Is there any way to set my preferred size of a particular window to
stay the way I want it to?

I have a very small excel file I use as a sort of daily checklist, and
keep it open on my desktop. I often return to my computer to mark
something off and discover that the open window displayed on the
desktop has resized itself, almost always to a much smaller size.

I find this exasperating.

TIA for any help!

A R Pickett

Unless you're intending to do sums on the contents: if you just want a
table - a grid - then use a table in Word; that's much more versatile.
(Lots of people think "Excel" when all they want is a table.)

However, I don't know if that would make any difference to the problem )-:.

Tables in Word can be sufficient for a daily 'ToDo' type checklist but
Excel for many might be more familiar and quite a bit more flexible for
adding rows/columns, sorting, highlighting specific cells when data is
not stagnant.

Other tools like OneDrive's OneNote can be used for simple lists, as
well as a stand-alone or local email/web mail client's Calendar
'Task/ToDo' list.

I suspect the op is reasonably comfortable with Excel as the personal
choice for a daily checklist but as you've and others have noted other
options are available.


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A R Pickett wrote:
Is there any way to set my preferred size of a particular window to stay
the way I want it to?

I have a very small excel file I use as a sort of daily checklist, and
keep it open on my desktop. I often return to my computer to mark
something off and discover that the open window displayed on the desktop
has resized itself, almost always to a much smaller size.

I find this exasperating.

TIA for any help!

A R Pickett

I don't think Windows or Excel are capable of changing or resizing an
existing open window on the desktop without direct user intervention.

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....winston
msft mvp consumer apps

On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 16:38:14 -0700, "...winston‫" wrote:

A R Pickett wrote:
Is there any way to set my preferred size of a particular window to stay
the way I want it to?

I have a very small excel file I use as a sort of daily checklist, and
keep it open on my desktop. I often return to my computer to mark
something off and discover that the open window displayed on the desktop
has resized itself, almost always to a much smaller size.

I find this exasperating.

TIA for any help!

A R Pickett

I don't think Windows or Excel are capable of changing or resizing an
existing open window on the desktop without direct user intervention.

I hadn't originally noticed the OP's description of spontaneous resizing
until just before I read your post, and when I realized what he said, I
had the same reaction as you.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

A R Pickett wrote:
Is there any way to set my preferred size of a particular window to stay
the way I want it to?

I have a very small excel file I use as a sort of daily checklist, and
keep it open on my desktop. I often return to my computer to mark
something off and discover that the open window displayed on the desktop
has resized itself, almost always to a much smaller size.

Maybe a keystroke is dedicated to the program and is being hit??

On Mon, 23 Feb 2015 17:39:48 -0700, JAS wrote:


A R Pickett wrote:
Is there any way to set my preferred size of a particular window to stay
the way I want it to?

I have a very small excel file I use as a sort of daily checklist, and
keep it open on my desktop. I often return to my computer to mark
something off and discover that the open window displayed on the desktop
has resized itself, almost always to a much smaller size.

Maybe a keystroke is dedicated to the program and is being hit??

It would have made more sense if you had replied to the post you were
commenting on instead of mine...

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)