When you close Excel it writes its screen layout to the registry which it
then restores when it starts up again. I don't know why this does not
happen for you.

The specific key for Excel 2003 is:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\E xcel\Options\Pos


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Jim
"tatty" wrote in message
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| when i bring Microsoft office up it`s alway small, how do i alter the size
to
| fit the screen permanently, thanks.