1. Close Excel
2. Start Settings Printers...make sure the default setting for your
printer is landscape as well as the Excel setting.
3. View Taskpane for your familiar right-hand pane
4. Tools Options View and make sure Startup taskpane is checked to make
it automatic
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Gary's Student


"Sweetpea" wrote:

Since loading SP2, Excel has been doing some crazy things. It was working
fine before and SP2 is the only new software I have installed recently. Here
are the problems:

1) I produce a landscape spreadsheet and save it as landscape etc.. When I
go to print it, Excel appears to automatically over-ride the landscape and
reverts my document to A4 portrait. It prints out the document on two sheets
of portrait A4. When I go back into Page Setup, my document layout has also
been altered to portrait.

First time it happened, I thought it was my error. Since then, I have
checked my documents carefully every single time, and it happens every single
time. Any ideas on how to resolve this?

2) When I opened Excel, I would get a box showing my recent workbooks etc.
on the right hand side of the screen. This would stay there until I selected
a document.

Now, when I open Excel the recent workbooks the box of recent workbooks
etc., shows briefly then disappears. I have to go into 'Open', select the
folder etc. Help!!