In Excel 2003 i use the "Open Favorite" button on my toolbar. I put a bunch
of shortcuts to folders I use often in my favorites so this is a great way to
quickly find files. The probelm is that when I click the "Open Favorites"
button the "Files of type" defaults to "Shortcuts (*.url, *.lnk)". I then
have to change this to "Workbooks (*.xls)" in order to see any of the
spreadsheets I'm looking for once I get to where i need to go. Is there a
way to change this default view when using the "Open Favorite" button so that
the default files of type would be .xls files?

Please respond to .

Thank you in advance,
Daniel

Don't click the Favorites button. Instead, pull-down File Open and then
click the big Favorites button on the left-hand side. This will show both
..xls and .htm files by default.
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Gary's Student


"Daniel" wrote:

In Excel 2003 i use the "Open Favorite" button on my toolbar. I put a bunch
of shortcuts to folders I use often in my favorites so this is a great way to
quickly find files. The probelm is that when I click the "Open Favorites"
button the "Files of type" defaults to "Shortcuts (*.url, *.lnk)". I then
have to change this to "Workbooks (*.xls)" in order to see any of the
spreadsheets I'm looking for once I get to where i need to go. Is there a
way to change this default view when using the "Open Favorite" button so that
the default files of type would be .xls files?

Please respond to .

Thank you in advance,
Daniel