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Changed Excel 2003 startup now won't save to default location
Using Excel 2003 and changed the startup layout of the workbook (changed
background color and added borders on all cells). Also changed the default save location as well as auto recover location to the network. Until today, when user opened Excel it opened correctly and she could click the save button and it would automatically point to the network. Now, it is overwriting the startup document. Any suggestions as to why this is happening and how to correct. She doesn't want to use a template....just wants to open Excel and have it look the way she wants immediately. |
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If you open a workbook in xl2k and higher, then do file|SaveAs, excel will go to
the folder that held the original workbook. If that user wants to change the layout, then she should be using a template file (*.xlt). Then excel will use the default file location as the save location. Is there a reason she doesn't want to use a template file--that technique is pretty normal for most people. Beach Lover wrote: Using Excel 2003 and changed the startup layout of the workbook (changed background color and added borders on all cells). Also changed the default save location as well as auto recover location to the network. Until today, when user opened Excel it opened correctly and she could click the save button and it would automatically point to the network. Now, it is overwriting the startup document. Any suggestions as to why this is happening and how to correct. She doesn't want to use a template....just wants to open Excel and have it look the way she wants immediately. -- Dave Peterson |
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She is a very basic user who needs to be able to click the Excel icon on the
quick launch toolbar or double-click the shortcut icon on the desktop and have the application open looking the way she wants it (blue background and borders around all cells), enter her data and then click the save button and have it go to the default location. It sounds like using your suggestion would mean she opens Excel, and then has to open the template. Is this not correct? Thanks for your help! "Dave Peterson" wrote: If you open a workbook in xl2k and higher, then do file|SaveAs, excel will go to the folder that held the original workbook. If that user wants to change the layout, then she should be using a template file (*.xlt). Then excel will use the default file location as the save location. Is there a reason she doesn't want to use a template file--that technique is pretty normal for most people. Beach Lover wrote: Using Excel 2003 and changed the startup layout of the workbook (changed background color and added borders on all cells). Also changed the default save location as well as auto recover location to the network. Until today, when user opened Excel it opened correctly and she could click the save button and it would automatically point to the network. Now, it is overwriting the startup document. Any suggestions as to why this is happening and how to correct. She doesn't want to use a template....just wants to open Excel and have it look the way she wants immediately. -- Dave Peterson |
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No.
She could put all her customized choices in a template workbook. Store that template workbook in her XLStart folder and call that template book.xlt. Whenever she clicks on the new icon on the standard toolbar, that template workbook will be used as the basis for the new workbook. Beach Lover wrote: She is a very basic user who needs to be able to click the Excel icon on the quick launch toolbar or double-click the shortcut icon on the desktop and have the application open looking the way she wants it (blue background and borders around all cells), enter her data and then click the save button and have it go to the default location. It sounds like using your suggestion would mean she opens Excel, and then has to open the template. Is this not correct? Thanks for your help! "Dave Peterson" wrote: If you open a workbook in xl2k and higher, then do file|SaveAs, excel will go to the folder that held the original workbook. If that user wants to change the layout, then she should be using a template file (*.xlt). Then excel will use the default file location as the save location. Is there a reason she doesn't want to use a template file--that technique is pretty normal for most people. Beach Lover wrote: Using Excel 2003 and changed the startup layout of the workbook (changed background color and added borders on all cells). Also changed the default save location as well as auto recover location to the network. Until today, when user opened Excel it opened correctly and she could click the save button and it would automatically point to the network. Now, it is overwriting the startup document. Any suggestions as to why this is happening and how to correct. She doesn't want to use a template....just wants to open Excel and have it look the way she wants immediately. -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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Changed Excel 2003 startup now won't save to default location
Okay, that's where we already are with this. Where we are running into a
problem is that when she saves the document, it is overwriting the template. Now when she opens Excel, it's bringing up the new saved information instead of a blank spreadsheet with the blue background and borders. "Dave Peterson" wrote: No. She could put all her customized choices in a template workbook. Store that template workbook in her XLStart folder and call that template book.xlt. Whenever she clicks on the new icon on the standard toolbar, that template workbook will be used as the basis for the new workbook. Beach Lover wrote: She is a very basic user who needs to be able to click the Excel icon on the quick launch toolbar or double-click the shortcut icon on the desktop and have the application open looking the way she wants it (blue background and borders around all cells), enter her data and then click the save button and have it go to the default location. It sounds like using your suggestion would mean she opens Excel, and then has to open the template. Is this not correct? Thanks for your help! "Dave Peterson" wrote: If you open a workbook in xl2k and higher, then do file|SaveAs, excel will go to the folder that held the original workbook. If that user wants to change the layout, then she should be using a template file (*.xlt). Then excel will use the default file location as the save location. Is there a reason she doesn't want to use a template file--that technique is pretty normal for most people. Beach Lover wrote: Using Excel 2003 and changed the startup layout of the workbook (changed background color and added borders on all cells). Also changed the default save location as well as auto recover location to the network. Until today, when user opened Excel it opened correctly and she could click the save button and it would automatically point to the network. Now, it is overwriting the startup document. Any suggestions as to why this is happening and how to correct. She doesn't want to use a template....just wants to open Excel and have it look the way she wants immediately. -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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In that case, the Template is not a true Template.
Sounds like she is just using an *.xls workbook as her start point. A true template which is an *.XLT file will not be overwritten, it just creates a copy as an *.xls workbook. You must save asfile typems excel template (*.xlt) Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:08:00 -0700, Beach Lover wrote: Okay, that's where we already are with this. Where we are running into a problem is that when she saves the document, it is overwriting the template. Now when she opens Excel, it's bringing up the new saved information instead of a blank spreadsheet with the blue background and borders. "Dave Peterson" wrote: No. She could put all her customized choices in a template workbook. Store that template workbook in her XLStart folder and call that template book.xlt. Whenever she clicks on the new icon on the standard toolbar, that template workbook will be used as the basis for the new workbook. Beach Lover wrote: She is a very basic user who needs to be able to click the Excel icon on the quick launch toolbar or double-click the shortcut icon on the desktop and have the application open looking the way she wants it (blue background and borders around all cells), enter her data and then click the save button and have it go to the default location. It sounds like using your suggestion would mean she opens Excel, and then has to open the template. Is this not correct? Thanks for your help! "Dave Peterson" wrote: If you open a workbook in xl2k and higher, then do file|SaveAs, excel will go to the folder that held the original workbook. If that user wants to change the layout, then she should be using a template file (*.xlt). Then excel will use the default file location as the save location. Is there a reason she doesn't want to use a template file--that technique is pretty normal for most people. Beach Lover wrote: Using Excel 2003 and changed the startup layout of the workbook (changed background color and added borders on all cells). Also changed the default save location as well as auto recover location to the network. Until today, when user opened Excel it opened correctly and she could click the save button and it would automatically point to the network. Now, it is overwriting the startup document. Any suggestions as to why this is happening and how to correct. She doesn't want to use a template....just wants to open Excel and have it look the way she wants immediately. -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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Changed Excel 2003 startup now won't save to default location
Okay, is there any way to have this template be the startup template so when
she open Excel it comes up instead of the regular white background, and then when she clicks the save button it is automatically saved to the network location? "Gord Dibben" wrote: In that case, the Template is not a true Template. Sounds like she is just using an *.xls workbook as her start point. A true template which is an *.XLT file will not be overwritten, it just creates a copy as an *.xls workbook. You must save asfile typems excel template (*.xlt) Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:08:00 -0700, Beach Lover wrote: Okay, that's where we already are with this. Where we are running into a problem is that when she saves the document, it is overwriting the template. Now when she opens Excel, it's bringing up the new saved information instead of a blank spreadsheet with the blue background and borders. "Dave Peterson" wrote: No. She could put all her customized choices in a template workbook. Store that template workbook in her XLStart folder and call that template book.xlt. Whenever she clicks on the new icon on the standard toolbar, that template workbook will be used as the basis for the new workbook. Beach Lover wrote: She is a very basic user who needs to be able to click the Excel icon on the quick launch toolbar or double-click the shortcut icon on the desktop and have the application open looking the way she wants it (blue background and borders around all cells), enter her data and then click the save button and have it go to the default location. It sounds like using your suggestion would mean she opens Excel, and then has to open the template. Is this not correct? Thanks for your help! "Dave Peterson" wrote: If you open a workbook in xl2k and higher, then do file|SaveAs, excel will go to the folder that held the original workbook. If that user wants to change the layout, then she should be using a template file (*.xlt). Then excel will use the default file location as the save location. Is there a reason she doesn't want to use a template file--that technique is pretty normal for most people. Beach Lover wrote: Using Excel 2003 and changed the startup layout of the workbook (changed background color and added borders on all cells). Also changed the default save location as well as auto recover location to the network. Until today, when user opened Excel it opened correctly and she could click the save button and it would automatically point to the network. Now, it is overwriting the startup document. Any suggestions as to why this is happening and how to correct. She doesn't want to use a template....just wants to open Excel and have it look the way she wants immediately. -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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Changed Excel 2003 startup now won't save to default location
Save it as book.xlt in the xlstart folder.
You may want to search for other book.xlt files in other xlstart folders. Maybe she has multiple versions that's causing the trouble. Beach Lover wrote: Okay, is there any way to have this template be the startup template so when she open Excel it comes up instead of the regular white background, and then when she clicks the save button it is automatically saved to the network location? "Gord Dibben" wrote: In that case, the Template is not a true Template. Sounds like she is just using an *.xls workbook as her start point. A true template which is an *.XLT file will not be overwritten, it just creates a copy as an *.xls workbook. You must save asfile typems excel template (*.xlt) Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:08:00 -0700, Beach Lover wrote: Okay, that's where we already are with this. Where we are running into a problem is that when she saves the document, it is overwriting the template. Now when she opens Excel, it's bringing up the new saved information instead of a blank spreadsheet with the blue background and borders. "Dave Peterson" wrote: No. She could put all her customized choices in a template workbook. Store that template workbook in her XLStart folder and call that template book.xlt. Whenever she clicks on the new icon on the standard toolbar, that template workbook will be used as the basis for the new workbook. Beach Lover wrote: She is a very basic user who needs to be able to click the Excel icon on the quick launch toolbar or double-click the shortcut icon on the desktop and have the application open looking the way she wants it (blue background and borders around all cells), enter her data and then click the save button and have it go to the default location. It sounds like using your suggestion would mean she opens Excel, and then has to open the template. Is this not correct? Thanks for your help! "Dave Peterson" wrote: If you open a workbook in xl2k and higher, then do file|SaveAs, excel will go to the folder that held the original workbook. If that user wants to change the layout, then she should be using a template file (*.xlt). Then excel will use the default file location as the save location. Is there a reason she doesn't want to use a template file--that technique is pretty normal for most people. Beach Lover wrote: Using Excel 2003 and changed the startup layout of the workbook (changed background color and added borders on all cells). Also changed the default save location as well as auto recover location to the network. Until today, when user opened Excel it opened correctly and she could click the save button and it would automatically point to the network. Now, it is overwriting the startup document. Any suggestions as to why this is happening and how to correct. She doesn't want to use a template....just wants to open Excel and have it look the way she wants immediately. -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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We've already tried that. Thanks.
"Dave Peterson" wrote: Save it as book.xlt in the xlstart folder. You may want to search for other book.xlt files in other xlstart folders. Maybe she has multiple versions that's causing the trouble. Beach Lover wrote: Okay, is there any way to have this template be the startup template so when she open Excel it comes up instead of the regular white background, and then when she clicks the save button it is automatically saved to the network location? "Gord Dibben" wrote: In that case, the Template is not a true Template. Sounds like she is just using an *.xls workbook as her start point. A true template which is an *.XLT file will not be overwritten, it just creates a copy as an *.xls workbook. You must save asfile typems excel template (*.xlt) Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:08:00 -0700, Beach Lover wrote: Okay, that's where we already are with this. Where we are running into a problem is that when she saves the document, it is overwriting the template. Now when she opens Excel, it's bringing up the new saved information instead of a blank spreadsheet with the blue background and borders. "Dave Peterson" wrote: No. She could put all her customized choices in a template workbook. Store that template workbook in her XLStart folder and call that template book.xlt. Whenever she clicks on the new icon on the standard toolbar, that template workbook will be used as the basis for the new workbook. Beach Lover wrote: She is a very basic user who needs to be able to click the Excel icon on the quick launch toolbar or double-click the shortcut icon on the desktop and have the application open looking the way she wants it (blue background and borders around all cells), enter her data and then click the save button and have it go to the default location. It sounds like using your suggestion would mean she opens Excel, and then has to open the template. Is this not correct? Thanks for your help! "Dave Peterson" wrote: If you open a workbook in xl2k and higher, then do file|SaveAs, excel will go to the folder that held the original workbook. If that user wants to change the layout, then she should be using a template file (*.xlt). Then excel will use the default file location as the save location. Is there a reason she doesn't want to use a template file--that technique is pretty normal for most people. Beach Lover wrote: Using Excel 2003 and changed the startup layout of the workbook (changed background color and added borders on all cells). Also changed the default save location as well as auto recover location to the network. Until today, when user opened Excel it opened correctly and she could click the save button and it would automatically point to the network. Now, it is overwriting the startup document. Any suggestions as to why this is happening and how to correct. She doesn't want to use a template....just wants to open Excel and have it look the way she wants immediately. -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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Do she show extensions (set in windows explorer tools|folder options)?
If yes, what's the name of the workbook that is shown in the title bar? Does it look like book.xlt or book.xls or book1 or book1.xlt or book1.xls or what? Beach Lover wrote: We've already tried that. Thanks. "Dave Peterson" wrote: Save it as book.xlt in the xlstart folder. You may want to search for other book.xlt files in other xlstart folders. Maybe she has multiple versions that's causing the trouble. Beach Lover wrote: Okay, is there any way to have this template be the startup template so when she open Excel it comes up instead of the regular white background, and then when she clicks the save button it is automatically saved to the network location? "Gord Dibben" wrote: In that case, the Template is not a true Template. Sounds like she is just using an *.xls workbook as her start point. A true template which is an *.XLT file will not be overwritten, it just creates a copy as an *.xls workbook. You must save asfile typems excel template (*.xlt) Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:08:00 -0700, Beach Lover wrote: Okay, that's where we already are with this. Where we are running into a problem is that when she saves the document, it is overwriting the template. Now when she opens Excel, it's bringing up the new saved information instead of a blank spreadsheet with the blue background and borders. "Dave Peterson" wrote: No. She could put all her customized choices in a template workbook. Store that template workbook in her XLStart folder and call that template book.xlt. Whenever she clicks on the new icon on the standard toolbar, that template workbook will be used as the basis for the new workbook. Beach Lover wrote: She is a very basic user who needs to be able to click the Excel icon on the quick launch toolbar or double-click the shortcut icon on the desktop and have the application open looking the way she wants it (blue background and borders around all cells), enter her data and then click the save button and have it go to the default location. It sounds like using your suggestion would mean she opens Excel, and then has to open the template. Is this not correct? Thanks for your help! "Dave Peterson" wrote: If you open a workbook in xl2k and higher, then do file|SaveAs, excel will go to the folder that held the original workbook. If that user wants to change the layout, then she should be using a template file (*.xlt). Then excel will use the default file location as the save location. Is there a reason she doesn't want to use a template file--that technique is pretty normal for most people. Beach Lover wrote: Using Excel 2003 and changed the startup layout of the workbook (changed background color and added borders on all cells). Also changed the default save location as well as auto recover location to the network. Until today, when user opened Excel it opened correctly and she could click the save button and it would automatically point to the network. Now, it is overwriting the startup document. Any suggestions as to why this is happening and how to correct. She doesn't want to use a template....just wants to open Excel and have it look the way she wants immediately. -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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I set this up for her about a month ago and it worked perfectly until
yesterday (maybe she did something unknowingly). She isn't in the office for me to check today, but this is what she has: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART Then these files are the book.xlt book1.xlt book1.xls "Dave Peterson" wrote: Do she show extensions (set in windows explorer tools|folder options)? If yes, what's the name of the workbook that is shown in the title bar? Does it look like book.xlt or book.xls or book1 or book1.xlt or book1.xls or what? Beach Lover wrote: We've already tried that. Thanks. "Dave Peterson" wrote: Save it as book.xlt in the xlstart folder. You may want to search for other book.xlt files in other xlstart folders. Maybe she has multiple versions that's causing the trouble. Beach Lover wrote: Okay, is there any way to have this template be the startup template so when she open Excel it comes up instead of the regular white background, and then when she clicks the save button it is automatically saved to the network location? "Gord Dibben" wrote: In that case, the Template is not a true Template. Sounds like she is just using an *.xls workbook as her start point. A true template which is an *.XLT file will not be overwritten, it just creates a copy as an *.xls workbook. You must save asfile typems excel template (*.xlt) Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:08:00 -0700, Beach Lover wrote: Okay, that's where we already are with this. Where we are running into a problem is that when she saves the document, it is overwriting the template. Now when she opens Excel, it's bringing up the new saved information instead of a blank spreadsheet with the blue background and borders. "Dave Peterson" wrote: No. She could put all her customized choices in a template workbook. Store that template workbook in her XLStart folder and call that template book.xlt. Whenever she clicks on the new icon on the standard toolbar, that template workbook will be used as the basis for the new workbook. Beach Lover wrote: She is a very basic user who needs to be able to click the Excel icon on the quick launch toolbar or double-click the shortcut icon on the desktop and have the application open looking the way she wants it (blue background and borders around all cells), enter her data and then click the save button and have it go to the default location. It sounds like using your suggestion would mean she opens Excel, and then has to open the template. Is this not correct? Thanks for your help! "Dave Peterson" wrote: If you open a workbook in xl2k and higher, then do file|SaveAs, excel will go to the folder that held the original workbook. If that user wants to change the layout, then she should be using a template file (*.xlt). Then excel will use the default file location as the save location. Is there a reason she doesn't want to use a template file--that technique is pretty normal for most people. Beach Lover wrote: Using Excel 2003 and changed the startup layout of the workbook (changed background color and added borders on all cells). Also changed the default save location as well as auto recover location to the network. Until today, when user opened Excel it opened correctly and she could click the save button and it would automatically point to the network. Now, it is overwriting the startup document. Any suggestions as to why this is happening and how to correct. She doesn't want to use a template....just wants to open Excel and have it look the way she wants immediately. -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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Remove the book1.xlt and book1.xls.
Keep the book.xlt Then test it. Beach Lover wrote: I set this up for her about a month ago and it worked perfectly until yesterday (maybe she did something unknowingly). She isn't in the office for me to check today, but this is what she has: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART Then these files are the book.xlt book1.xlt book1.xls "Dave Peterson" wrote: Do she show extensions (set in windows explorer tools|folder options)? If yes, what's the name of the workbook that is shown in the title bar? Does it look like book.xlt or book.xls or book1 or book1.xlt or book1.xls or what? Beach Lover wrote: We've already tried that. Thanks. "Dave Peterson" wrote: Save it as book.xlt in the xlstart folder. You may want to search for other book.xlt files in other xlstart folders. Maybe she has multiple versions that's causing the trouble. Beach Lover wrote: Okay, is there any way to have this template be the startup template so when she open Excel it comes up instead of the regular white background, and then when she clicks the save button it is automatically saved to the network location? "Gord Dibben" wrote: In that case, the Template is not a true Template. Sounds like she is just using an *.xls workbook as her start point. A true template which is an *.XLT file will not be overwritten, it just creates a copy as an *.xls workbook. You must save asfile typems excel template (*.xlt) Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:08:00 -0700, Beach Lover wrote: Okay, that's where we already are with this. Where we are running into a problem is that when she saves the document, it is overwriting the template. Now when she opens Excel, it's bringing up the new saved information instead of a blank spreadsheet with the blue background and borders. "Dave Peterson" wrote: No. She could put all her customized choices in a template workbook. Store that template workbook in her XLStart folder and call that template book.xlt. Whenever she clicks on the new icon on the standard toolbar, that template workbook will be used as the basis for the new workbook. Beach Lover wrote: She is a very basic user who needs to be able to click the Excel icon on the quick launch toolbar or double-click the shortcut icon on the desktop and have the application open looking the way she wants it (blue background and borders around all cells), enter her data and then click the save button and have it go to the default location. It sounds like using your suggestion would mean she opens Excel, and then has to open the template. Is this not correct? Thanks for your help! "Dave Peterson" wrote: If you open a workbook in xl2k and higher, then do file|SaveAs, excel will go to the folder that held the original workbook. If that user wants to change the layout, then she should be using a template file (*.xlt). Then excel will use the default file location as the save location. Is there a reason she doesn't want to use a template file--that technique is pretty normal for most people. Beach Lover wrote: Using Excel 2003 and changed the startup layout of the workbook (changed background color and added borders on all cells). Also changed the default save location as well as auto recover location to the network. Until today, when user opened Excel it opened correctly and she could click the save button and it would automatically point to the network. Now, it is overwriting the startup document. Any suggestions as to why this is happening and how to correct. She doesn't want to use a template....just wants to open Excel and have it look the way she wants immediately. -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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