Dual Monitors And UserForms

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 A UserForm object has a property named StartUpPosition. By default, this property is set to 1 (CenterOwner), which means that it should appear in the center of Excel's window.

This works fine, unless you have a dual-monitor system. In such a case, the UserForm is not centered in the Excel window. On my system, UserForms always display on the left side of the secondary monitor, even if Excel is maximized on the primary monitor.

To force an Excel UserForm to be centered in Excel's window, use this code to display the UserForm:

With UserForm1
  .StartUpPosition = 0
  .Left = Application.Left + (0.5 * Application.Width) - (0.5 * .Width)
  .Top = Application.Top + (0.5 * Application.Height) - (0.5 * .Height)
  .Show
End With

I was hoping this would be fixed in Excel 2010, but nothing has changed. I'm sure most of the Microsoft programmers use at least two monitors, so they are obviously aware of the problem.