Files saved in the XLSTART folder will automatically open when Excel is
opened.
Also if you go to the Advanced group in the Excel Options feature, under
General there is a box in which you can specify another folder that will act
the same.
best wishes
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Bernard V Liengme
Microsoft Excel MVP
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"Sue Parsons" wrote in message
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Hi,
On the old Excel you could hide a file and every time you load excel it
would be in the background. With the new 2007 you can hide the files but
when
you close down excel and re open they are missing and you have to reopen
them
any ideas?
--
Sue