That is not a Template...........it is a temporary file which Excel creates
whenever a workbook is opened and is normal behaviour for Office
applications.

These *.tmp files are usually deleted when the workbook is closed and/or
Excel has been closed.

Sometimes you have to re-boot to get rid of them.


Gord

On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:08:02 -0700, marysully
wrote:

Thanks for your reply.

It seems to be any workbook I do edits on. I just created a test excel
workbook, and after I opened and edited it, it created a template. Original
file name: new book.xls Name of additional file created after editing: new
book.xls~RF4d66ca4d.TMP.

I did check under Transitions, and I am set for "Save Excel Files as:
Microsoft Office Excel Workbook"

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

One particular workbook or any workbook?

Do they(it) open as *.xls and save as *.xlt

I would first check ToolsOptionsTransition and see what file format is
selected as default "Save format"


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:07:01 -0700, marysully
wrote:

Each time I save my Excel spreadsheet after editing it saves as template.
This has created a problem with duplicate copies of the spreadsheet. I'm
using Office 2003 version. How do I stop this from happening?

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