Excel — Massive View Tip

Beanstalk CFO Group
2 min readSep 25, 2023

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How many times have you had Excel data on 2 different TABS in the same file that you needed to look at simultaneously? What was your solution? Did you use the screen capture tool to take a quick snippet of one TABS’ data while you worked in the other TAB?

Screen Capture

Or did you copy one TAB to a new workbook so you could at least put them side-by-side on your computer screen?

Copy TAB to new workbook

Oh… there is a better way. A method where you can see both TABS at the same time and if you make a change in either of the views, the file will update, and the change will appear in both. Let’s learn about this magic.

1. Open your spreadsheet.

2. On top Menu select the View TAB

3. Click on “New Window” in the Window Section of the menu

Excel New Window

New Window immediately opens a second workbook identical to the original. The original file name will have a number “1” added and the second file with have “2 — Excel”.

New Window

And then if you want to view them side-by-side just click on “View Side By Side” on the menu bar.

View Side By Side

Check out View Side By Side in the short video clip, and never again worry about how you are going to see 2 TABS in the same workbook at the same time again.

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Beanstalk CFO Group
Beanstalk CFO Group

Written by Beanstalk CFO Group

Our firm, Beanstalk CFO Group, delivers financial management & advice to small business owners.

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