Hi,

Can someone tell me if I can set up a standard footer that will appear
on every excel document that I create. Basically I want the footer to
appear on every new workbook that I create from scratch.

Thanks

This is how you do it in Excel 2003 and earlier.

Not sure about 2007 but may get you started.


Open a new workbook. Customize as you wish. To set a footer for each sheet,
select a sheet then right-click and "select all sheets".

Enter your footer on the active sheet and will be done to all. Ungroup sheets
when done.

FileSave As Type: scroll down to Excel Template(*.XLT) and select. Name your
workbook "BOOK"(no quotes). Excel will add the .XLT to save as BOOK.XLT.

Store this workbook in the XLSTART folder usually located at........

C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART

This will be the default workbook for FileNew or the Toolbar button FileNew or
CTRL + n

WARNING................Do not use FileNew...Blank Workbook or you will get the
Excel default workbook.

NOTE: Existing workbooks are not affected by these settings.

You can also open a new workbook and delete all but one sheet. Customize as
you wish then save this as SHEET.XLT in XLSTART folder also. It now becomes
the default InsertSheet.

More can be found on this in Help under "templates"(no quotes).


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:06:43 -0700, Excel_Oz wrote:

Hi,

Can someone tell me if I can set up a standard footer that will appear
on every excel document that I create. Basically I want the footer to
appear on every new workbook that I create from scratch.

Thanks