Excel will open all files in your XLSTART folder at startup. Typically:

C:\Documents and Settings\<user name\Application
Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART
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Jim
"Clute" wrote in message
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|I have office 2003 and every time I open excel, word or outlook, I get a
| duplicate worksheet......Book 1/ copy 1 with prior data. I can not delete
| these sheets. I am sure they are in "startup" some where. Does any one
know
| how to open excel with just a blank worksheet and no copy 1?