Goto the menu ToolsOptionsGeneral tabuncheck R1C1 reference styleOK

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"thunderhead" wrote in message
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Recently, and I do not know how, all of the column headings in all of my
worksheets changed to numbers (i.e. 1-4) as opposed to letters (as they
are
supposed to be).

Any ideas on how I can change the default settings of Excel 2003 to give
me
letters for the column headings again (preferably for all worksheets)? I
much
prefer A1 as a reference to a specific cell than R1C1.