Open a new workbook. Customize as you wish. To set a footer/header for each
sheet, select a sheet then right-click and "select all sheets".

Enter your footer on the active sheet and will be done to all. Ungroup sheets
when done.

FileSave As Type: scroll down to Excel Template(*.XLT) and select. Name your
workbook "BOOK"(no quotes). Excel will add the .XLT to save as BOOK.XLT.

Store this workbook in the XLSTART folder usually located at........

C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART

This will be the default workbook for FileNew or the Toolbar button FileNew or
CTRL + n

WARNING................Do not use FileNew...Blank Workbook or you will get the
Excel default workbook.

NOTE: Existing workbooks are not affected by these settings.

You can also open a new workbook and delete all but one sheet. Customize as
you wish then save this as SHEET.XLT in XLSTART folder also. It now becomes
the default InsertSheet.

More can be found on this in Help under "templates"(no quotes).


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:06:03 -0800, Insurance Daddy-O <Insurance
wrote:

How to add header/footer to the default workbook that appears when you open
Excel? Eg. want to add file name and date as footers to all files created
without having to remember to add them for each workbook created.