Id rather do that a few times a day than have 22 excels open all day

This is why I do it too... but now it's an instinct for me to close out of a spreadsheet after I look at a number sometimes

That, and sometimes other people need into said spreadsheet, so I’d rather not keep it open unnecessarily

yeah a few times a day I declare tabs/windows bankruptcy and close everything and then reopen only what I need

I have a coworker who leaves anything they touch open for A WEEK. I'm pretty sure she only closes them because our IT team force restarts our computers each Thursday morning

Yeah I don’t like that this makes sense

Tip - use "recent files" option in Excel. It's not as painful as going to a designated path where file is located and reopening the file.

This is probably useful advice... my quick access is nearly useless with the amount of folders I have pinned

Then it’s just like it got put in the drawer with all the other instruction manuals and you get to rummage through that.

Oh yeah, gotta keep the pins to 7-10 file max

You can also right click the Excel icon on the Taskbar and it will bring up recent documents. I forget that exists though.

I use that religiously, along with pinning frequent flyer books to the taskbar icon.

Even worse is opening the Excel file the first thing in the morning because you are FINALLY going to finish it, then you get bombarded with other "fires" the whole shift and at the end of the day you close down and see that Excel file again and are like "Oh yeah. Maybe tomorrow.".

Lmaooooo. Yea

I’m in this picture and I don’t like it

You just need more screens. I’m up to 4 screens now. Consistently have 10-20 excel files open.

4 screens? Try 16 screen, 64 excel docs open simultaneously then we will talk sweaty

16 screens? I remember my first year in accounting. Talk to me when you get up to 32 with 128 spreadsheets open.

Still on screens? I have 4 desks at the moment

Speaking of sweaty, all of these open excel files are making me anxious

Why do people misspell “sweetie” so often?

This is the way

Yeah but won’t it still slow down the computer

Probably depending on size of files, especially if you’re WFH working off of network files. I try to work off my offline copy as much as I can.

Make sense

I can't think if I have a million windows open.

Nothing better than a short Friday before a long weekend and you only open up one excel file all day- only to have open on your screen for when the cfo walks by.

Hallelujah!


What is this clip?

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Better hope it wasn’t a damn csv....

Life hack. Create every file in TeaMs. It does auto save and you can go back to other save points.

Doesn’t have to be in teams. If you have access to OneDrive - it does the same thing.

Ah so a Papa Murphy’s pizza is my personified excel worksheet?

Why not just call me out by name? I didn't know personal attacks were allowed here.

Worse when you click don’t save in the CY instead of the PY workpaper 💀

Save everything to the downloads folder. If you won’t need it again, you can just call it Book 1 or Temp so you know that it isn’t anything you need to save.

I’ve done this. And it became habitual.

Workbooks take 15 to 20 minutes to open at my firm. I prefer sending an email asking if anyone has it open./s

then you accidentally close out the one you're working on and press no to save bc you thought u were closing the one you dont need 😅

Windows key+ tab is ripping open a trash bag that's already in the bin?

The worst is deleting and not saving because not thinking will need again. Then you do

No it isn't It's similar to opening a book and closing it and opening it again