Click the Office button (top left corner), choose Excel Options, Formula tab. There it is.

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten
Microsoft MVP - Excel

"wwells" wrote in message ...
| My EXCEL 2007 has switched to Numeric column notation and I can't switch find
| how to switch it back to Alphameric. As it sits, cell designations must be
| written R1C1, R1C2 etc. rather than A1,B1 etc. HELP. I know this sounds
| simple but EXCEL 2007 is substantially different from earlier versions:
| There is no "tools" There is no "default." I need help to set it back.
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