The best approach is to copy the file to the specific XL folder using
Windows Explorer.
Make your revisions and calculations.
Save, close, and do the reverse ... copy to the floppy using Windows
Explorer.

The *only* type of removable media that *I* have been able to actually work
an XL file in, was a ZIP disc, where the size of the XL file was *less* then
50% of the capacity of the ZIP.
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HTH,

RD
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"Malcolm" wrote in message
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Hi Folks,

I use MS Office 2003 at work and none of our support people can solve
this problem. Some people use Excel and floppy disks to store their
weekly reports. When a person opens a file on their floppy disk and
does their work and then saves it on the floppy all is fine. However
the next time someone opens Excel, before Excel can open the program
it tries to open the floppy disk for 15 or 20 second before the Excel
will load. Sometimes it will not load and hangs up. The same terminal
is used by many different people. I have set all the options I
can find, such as, zero most recent documents, no automatic backup
save. I have checked all the shortcuts to see if the "Start In"
location is My Documents. If you open and close Excel
three or four times and let it search the floppy the problem goes away
until the next time someone works with a floppy. I think the answer is
a hack in the registry somewhere but I don't know where.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Malcolm
Later,
Malcolm