My Excel 2003 (v11) SP3 is ignoring the "Sheets in new workbook"
setting and always opens with 3 sheets!
The registry setting HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Office/11.0/Excel/Options
- Defsheets = 1
but Excel always has 3 sheets.
Even if you change it to 5!
Have recently installed Office 2007 Compatability Pack - but can't
think that is the problem.
Cheers
David

First, I wouldn't edit the registry to change a value that can be changed via
the user interface (under the Office button|excel options).

Second, do you have a book.xlt in your XLStart folder. I didn't test it in
xl2007, but in xl2003, if I have a book.xlt, then this setting isn't used when I
click on the New icon on the standard toolbar.

But if I click on File|New... (with the ellipses), then book.xlt is ignored and
that setting is used.

wrote:

My Excel 2003 (v11) SP3 is ignoring the "Sheets in new workbook"
setting and always opens with 3 sheets!
The registry setting HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Office/11.0/Excel/Options
- Defsheets = 1
but Excel always has 3 sheets.
Even if you change it to 5!
Have recently installed Office 2007 Compatability Pack - but can't
think that is the problem.
Cheers
David

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Dave Peterson

Peter
You legend. There was an template in XLStart.
My reference to the registry was just to prove that the setting was
getting saved.
Cheers

On Feb 22, 10:46*am, Dave Peterson wrote:
First, I wouldn't edit the registry to change a value that can be changed via
the user interface (under the Office button|exceloptions).

Second, do you have a book.xlt in your XLStart folder. *I didn't test it in
xl2007, but in xl2003, if I have a book.xlt, then this setting isn't used when I
click on the New icon on the standard toolbar.

But if I click on File|New... (with the ellipses), then book.xlt is ignored and
that setting is used.

wrote:

MyExcel2003 (v11) SP3 is ignoring the "Sheets in new workbook"
setting and always opens with 3 sheets!
The registry setting HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Office/11.0/Excel/Options
- Defsheets = 1
butExcelalways has 3 sheets.
Even if you change it to 5!
Have recently installed Office 2007 Compatability Pack - but can't
think that is the problem.
Cheers
David

--

Dave Peterson

About all I can think of is that you created a Book.xlt Template with 3
sheets and stored in your XLSTART folder.

That template will ignore the default settings of DefSheets = 1

How many sheets do you get when you go to FileNew...Blank Workbook?

The compatability pack did not change my settings.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:36:00 -0800 (PST), wrote:

My Excel 2003 (v11) SP3 is ignoring the "Sheets in new workbook"
setting and always opens with 3 sheets!
The registry setting HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Office/11.0/Excel/Options
- Defsheets = 1
but Excel always has 3 sheets.
Even if you change it to 5!
Have recently installed Office 2007 Compatability Pack - but can't
think that is the problem.
Cheers
David