You have to change the settings as under.

Click on Office ButtonExcel OptionsSaveSelect Excel Workbooks(*.xlsx)
(from the first dropdown box)

Regards,
Shailesh Shah
http://in.geocities.com/shahshaileshs/
(Free addins Excel Menu-2003 for Excel-2007)
If You Can't Excel with Talent, Triumph with Effort.


"MG" wrote in message
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When importing an ascii (.txt) file in Excel 2007 I am still limited to
the
256 column limit that of Excel 2003.
How can I import my full data set?