If you run the compatibility checker you can uncheck the box that says check
compatibility when saving.

Of course if running the compat check is fast then thats not the problem!

regards
Charles

"interleaf2" wrote in message
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If the compatibilty checker doesn't find any problems it doesn't seem to
give
you the opportunity to switch it off. Have I missed something? On other
files it finds minor problems (color outside old range) but saves at full
speed. On this file there are no messages, just very slow saving. The
only
special thing about this problem file is that there are many external
references to cells in it in other worksbooks. it has no external
references
itself.

"Charles Williams" wrote:

Try switching off compatibility checking: sometimes this is very slow.

regards
Charles
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"interleaf2" wrote in message
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When I save certain workbooks (in compatibility mode) the save function
runs
for 20 minutes at full CPU utilization. When it finally completes, the
usual
buttons at top right of the window are gone. Also the open and exit
functions are diabled. Exit can only be achieve by killing the task
through
task manager. At other times the problem does not occur.
Makes it very hard to upgrade from Excel 2002.