Thanks Jim (and Dave), I suspected this may have been the case, but because
of the problems I was having once I converted to the new format it had me
concerned.

Do you think that MS will get this product working better than it is? I see
MANY complaints about the speed issues in the Newsgroup. I'm finding that
it's better to leave the file in the older format to retain the previous
speed of calculation and opening, etc. (You've probably also seen the
problem people have when double clicking the file when Excel isn't already
open!)

I'm tempted to reinstall Office 2003 and test my creations in 2007 as it
seems this new product is all about gloss. Unfortunately I need to run 2007
to synchronise with my employer.

Rob

"Jim Rech" wrote in message
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You're right, Dave, it is just XLSM files, or at least not XLSX files.

Rob - It's just supposed to warn you that this file type has macros, or
will if the file is properly named. I don't think there is anything wrong
with your machine. Excel 2007 is generally quite a bit slower than Excel
2003. Excel 2007 has the XLSB (B=binary) for situations where file loading
speed is an issue.

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Jim
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
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Does the exclamation point only show up when you use an extension that
indicates
the workbook contains macros?

Rob wrote:

Sorry Jim, not enough info. By icons I mean the icons in Windows
explorer
to the left of the file name. Or the icon that's created when creating a
shortcut. As soon as I save a file to the 2007 version an exclamtion
mark
appears as part of the icon at the bottom right. Something like that
would
normally indicate to me that there was some type of error, but all that
I've
done is save the file to the new .xlsm format. I notice that if I
simply
change a file name's extension from .xls to .xlsm that the same small
black
(with yellow background) exclamation mark appears. I think it's showing
that something's amiss with my installation, but I'm not sure.
The reason this is concerning me is that as soon as I do save to the new
format that new file behaves VERY slow, particularly in calculations,
opening, etc.

Rob

"Jim Rech" wrote in message
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No idea what you're talking about. What 'icon'?

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Jim
"Rob" wrote in message
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Sorry to post this again, but I did not receive any comments.

Anyone know why the 2007 Excel Icons have an exclamation mark in
them?
Is
this normal or does it mean something's wrong?

Rob




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Dave Peterson