Record a macro when you set the calculation the way you like.
Then rename that recorded macro:
Auto_Open
It'll run each time you open that workbook.
Excel determines the calculation mode from the first workbook that you open in
that session--so it could be an ongoing fight without a macro.
> I have spreadsheets that depend on circular calculations to compute final
> result. Excel forces me to set the iteration and enable circular each time I
> open the file. I want it to accept circular as the default as other
> spreadsheet programs have done. Does anyone know how to do this in Excel
> 2000?

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