Thank you Gary. It worked.

"Gary''s Student" wrote:

You turn it off in the virus detect software, not Excel.
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Gary''s Student - gsnu200768


"Lane" wrote:

When I open a file in Excel 2007 there is an extended wait while the program
scans the file for viruses. Is there a way I can turn off the virus scan (at
least for files on my hard drive) so that I will not have to wait?