How to Use WPS Open New Window on Windows

Use Open New Window in WPS on Windows with 3 how-to topics; all 3 are available without membership and 0 are membership-related.

How-to Index

How-to Guide

1. Create a new window

Entry point: View tab → New Window

1. Open the workbook you want to work with.
2. Click the View tab at the top of the window.
3. Click New Window.
4. WPS creates another window for the same workbook.
5. The window titles usually appear as “File Name:1” and “File Name:2” so you can tell them apart.
6. If multiple spreadsheet files are already open, their windows remain visible in the interface.

Success Criteria

• UI state: A second window appears for the current workbook, with a numbered title.
• Next actions: You can continue scrolling, viewing, and editing in both windows.
• No side effects: The original window stays open.

Tips While Using

• Common mistakes: If no workbook is open yet, you cannot create another window for the current file.
• Environment limits: This feature works with the workbook that is already open.

2. View different areas in different windows

Entry point: The two open workbook windows

1. In the first window, scroll to the area you want to review.
2. Switch to the second window.
3. In the second window, scroll to another area.
4. Review different content in the two windows.
5. If you edit a cell in either window, the change is reflected in the other window because both views belong to the same workbook.

Success Criteria

• UI state: The two windows stay on different areas of the workbook.
• Next actions: You can keep editing, selecting cells, or checking data in either window.
• No side effects: Both windows still point to the same workbook.

Tips While Using

• Common mistakes: If the windows belong to different files, you will not see synced updates.
• Environment limits: Placing the windows side by side is helpful for comparison.

3. Close the new window

Entry point: The Close button in the upper-right corner of the window

1. Switch to the extra window you want to close.
2. Click the Close button for that window.
3. The added window closes.
4. The original window remains open.
5. If there are unsaved changes, follow the on-screen prompt to decide whether to save them.

Success Criteria

• UI state: After the added window closes, the original window is still open.
• Next actions: You can continue editing the current workbook in the original window.
• No side effects: Closing the helper window does not directly stop work in the original one.

Tips While Using

• Common mistakes: Closing a window without checking save status may trigger a save prompt.
• Environment limits: If you close the last remaining window for the file, the file will no longer stay open on screen.