I want excel to open without Book 1.  Following the thread below solves only
part the problem.  
This works for opening only excel, but does not appear to work when one
double clicks on an existing excel file to open.  I still get the Book 1 when

Looking for and "auto save" option.  I already have the "auto recovery"
option set to every 1 min.  I had created a spread sheet and then opened
another spread sheet and when I closed the 2nd sheet it asked if I wanted to
save the changes and of course I said no, because I didn't ...

In excel 2002 how do I get into the default excel book template to uncheck
the zero box and save it so that I dont have to go to options each time I
open a new book.

Sorry this may be a stupid question
We have an old spread sheet converted from Lotus 123.  There was a short key
"Alt+d" that would delete the selected line and insert a line further down on
the spread sheet, just above the row with all our totals.  (Also there is a

I would find an interface similar to MS Words Document Map to be easier to
navigate than the worksheet tabs currently used.
While the tabs do have benefits (color coding, easy to reorganize, etc),
they are hard to navigate through to find the desired worksheet; especially

How do I set Excel to not load/create a "New" Book1, Book2, etc... whenever I
open Excel?

When I go to Page Setup >Sheet the Print headings options are greyed out so I
cannot select any rows or culmns for this. The document spans 8 pages. I have
set the print area (but it is also greyed out in the Sheet options)
Is this feature printer specific? ie will some printers ...

I am a swim coach and I need to use excel 2003 to compare times to the
hundredth of a second. How do I format the time?

I'm trying to create a hyperlink in Excel that will open a specific page
within a Visio file, but I can't figure out how to specify that page.  I have
the 2002 versions of both.  

I want to be able to see all my tabs and I have alot.  My spread sheet is
very big. Can excel be set up to have 2 or 3 rows of tabs so you can see them
all?
Cheers,

When I press the Chart button in order to create a chart, I find a default
setting of charts with gray background, lines...I would like to change the
default apperances, how can I change it by defauld?

I am trying to use a worksheet that looks exactly like a pre-printed sheet.  
When I input data to the sheet, I ONLY want the data that was input to print
off.  How can I set this up?

Is there a way to format cells in Excell to automatically capitalize the
first letter of text in a cell?

I have a problem, when I enter a number, eg 123, it displays as 1.23. I have
tried to set up  numbers in the format drop down list by eliminating decimal
places, but it has no effect.  Ideas please

I was wondering how to increase the default text size for an autofilter
dropdown box?
Many thanks