Well ... fortunately I'm in the UK & it's 11:33 pm here, so I haven't had the
opportunity to say anything at all to him yet! Not that I would be rude to
the man .... probably not anyway!

He just thinks he know it all - he once told my husband that the reason he
couldn't send files to his company's server was because - wait for it - he
had the wrong kind of keyboard! Please don't ask me what he meant by that - I
spent 20 years working for an IT company, the last 10 in hardware & software
diagnostics & support for networked systems & I've no idea what he was
talking about! I think it's the best BS explaination I've ever heard - & I'm
the one who had to call a client up to explain what a colleague meant when he
left a message saying "RTFM"!

I am having a little trouble with the last part of your fix though. At home
I have Excel 2003 & I can set up each file fine, but whe I try to set up a
workbook template I get to "general options" but don't get the "template" bit
- perhaps it's a European version or it's just passed my bed-time!

Thanks again for your help