From the Taskbar
- Open an Excel spreadsheet.
- Right-click the Excel icon in the taskbar and select " Excel 2016"
- You should now have two Excel windows – one of the windows will have a blank Excel spreadsheet.
- Select File, then Open, and then the file you want to open in the window with the blank spreadsheet.
From the Desktop
Note: the desktop icon you use must be to the Excel program itself, not an Excel spreadsheet
- Open an Excel spreadsheet.
- Right-click the Excel icon on the desktop and select "Open"
- You should now have two Excel windows – one of the windows will have a blank Excel spreadsheet.
- Select File, then Open, and then the file you want to open in the window with the blank spreadsheet.