You mean *.xlk?

I'm not sure you can ever get it to ignore them. But you could just show what
you want.

So the file|open dialog.

Type this in the filename box:
*.xls
and hit enter.

It's an extra step, but it's not too difficult. You could even specify more in
that string:

*book*.xls

to show only those *.xls files that have book in their names.

IMTA1 wrote:

Can I hide the Excel 2003 bakcup files (.xlb) so that they do NOT appear in
the File Open Box?

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Dave Peterson