Running Excel 2013 in a separate instance #excel #powerpivot

The new Excel 2013 preview is publicly available and it introduces many new features, like an integrated version of PowerPivot and Power View. These two add-ins are automatically installed but not enabled by default. You just have to go in Excel Options / Add-Ins and choose COM Add-ins from the Manage combo box, then press the Go. button; at this point, you can enable both PowerPivot and Power View add-ins. There are many other posts in the blogosphere that describe the feature and the capabilities of these two tools, and I will cover some deeper consideration about specific new features in the future. In this post, I just want to highlight a new behavior of Excel that is not directly related to these add-ins, but still may affect their behavior.