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Good suggestion Frederic – thanks for taking the time to post it. We’ll take a look at the F4 loop and including other functionality like this as soon as we can. We’ll be spending more time on the things with more votes – so folks that really want to see this should keep voting it up.

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John [MS XL]

Anonymous supported this idea · Jun 11, 2020

Watermark

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21 comments · Excel for Windows (Desktop Application) » Printing · Flag idea as inappropriate… · Admin →

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AdminExcel Team [MSFT] (Product Owner, Office.com) responded

Thanks for the suggestion about watermark support! Unfortunately, we won’t be able to address this now. We’ll keep tracking the votes for it.
-Sharon

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Anonymous commented · Apr 9, 2019

Idea of insertion/ removal of Watermark in the excel sheet like in word is likely for some creative work

Anonymous supported this idea · Apr 9, 2019

Restore MDI file handling (open all files in one window); Kill SDI (each spreadsheet opens in a seperate window)

1,277 votes

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998 comments · Excel for Windows (Desktop Application) » Viewing / Navigating Workbooks · Flag idea as inappropriate… · Admin →

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AdminExcel Team [MSFT] (Product Owner, Office.com) responded

Thanks for the support and the detailed discussion around this suggestion. We understand that there are some advantages and disadvantages with both MDI (multi-document interface) and SDI (single-document interface), and we currently do not have plans to revert to MDI. We do want to improve the experience with SDI so you can get your work done efficiently, and this post has helped toward that goal.

Some of the specific issues mentioned are addressed as follows:
– Stability: This has been a focus over the past several years, and the monthly releases in 2020 have been among the most reliable ever in terms of avoiding crashes.
- Screen space – while it won’t get all the space back, you can minimize the ribbon to save some space. It only shows when needed.
- Navigation between workbooks: you can use CTRL+F6, SHIFT+CTRL+F6, CTRL+TAB or SHIFT+CTRL+TAB to switch to the next workbook.
– Links: The behavior of linked workbooks should not be affected by whether the workbooks appear in a single window or multiple windows. If you need to open a separate instance of Excel to avoid updating links, you can still do so by holding ALT when you click the shortcut to start Excel, or by running the command “Excel.exe /x”.
– Closing workbooks: To close all documents and exit Excel, you can either right-click the Excel icon in the task bar and choose “Close all windows”, or you can add the “Exit” command to the quick access toolbar. Then use this button to close all your workbooks with a single click.

For other issues, it would be great to deal with those specifically, either by submitting a separate suggestion here on UserVoice, or by sending feedback within Excel. For example, if there are specific issues with VBA, whether they’re related to SDI or not, please submit that feedback.

If you’d like to find out about the Excel team priorities, please read this post on our TechCommunity – https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/excel-blog/excel-product-team-fy20-goals/ba-p/1342022.

Thanks for the support and the detailed discussion around this suggestion. We understand that there are some advantages and disadvantages with both MDI (multi-document interface) and SDI (single-document interface), and we currently do not have plans to revert to MDI. We do want to improve the experience with SDI so you can get your work done efficiently, and this post has helped toward that goal.

Some of the specific issues mentioned are addressed as follows:
– Stability: This has been a focus over the past several years, and the monthly releases in 2020 have been among the most reliable ever in terms of avoiding crashes.
- Screen space – while it won’t get all the space back, you can minimize the ribbon to save some space. It only shows when needed.
- Navigation between workbooks: you can use CTRL+F6, SHIFT+CTRL+F6, CTRL+TAB or SHIFT+CTRL+TAB to switch to the next workbook. …

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Anonymous commented · Apr 9, 2019

Bring back MDI in excel sheel will be good idea in future

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Anonymous commented · Apr 9, 2019

In terms of stability the Excel sheet require more work for the stability as it usually hangs on working with multiple sheets or on working with older version of excel sheets

Anonymous supported this idea · Mar 15, 2019

Number format thousand separator and no decimals

596 votes

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107 comments · Excel for Windows (Desktop Application) » Formatting · Flag idea as inappropriate… · Admin →

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AdminExcel Team [MSFT] (Product Owner, Office.com) responded

Thanks for all the support and comments about this request. We don’t have plans to add this format in the near future, but we’ll keep monitoring the votes as we prioritize this suggestion among other requests.

There are a few ways that you can enable this already, as mentioned in some of the comments.

1. Set the style used when you click the comma button.
– This can be done by modifying the cell style called “Comma”, which is used when you click the comma button. See the screen shot in the comments for details, or look at this article to modify the style – https://support.microsoft.com/office/apply-create-or-remove-a-cell-style-472213bf-66bd-40c8-815c-594f0f90cd22.
– For existing workbooks, you’d need to set the style in each workbook.
– To make it the default in new workbooks, you can create a new workbook, make the change to the “Comma” style, and then save the workbook as a template…

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Anonymous commented · Apr 2, 2019

yea this a common problem of number format a shortcut is required in excel workbook

Anonymous supported this idea · Mar 15, 2019

Here's an idea to insert watermark on the sheet and to remove watermark also

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3 comments · Excel for Windows (Desktop Application) » Editing · Flag idea as inappropriate… · Admin →

Anonymous shared this idea · Mar 15, 2019

Unhide multiple worksheets at once

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70 comments · Excel for Windows (Desktop Application) » Other · Flag idea as inappropriate… · Admin →

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AdminExcel Team [MSFT] (Product Owner, Office.com) responded

Good news. We are in the planning stages for improving the Unhide Sheet dialog box so that you can select multiple sheets and unhide them at the same time.

Thanks for supporting this suggestion.
Steve K [Excel]

Anonymous supported this idea · Mar 15, 2019