Is there a settings startup file for Excel?

[JimG]

I create hundreds of excel spreadsheets and would like excel to startup with
the following settings:
1. Alignment - Vertical set to "Top"
2. Default number field set to number with 2 decemal places and a comma.
3 Text Control - Wrap = Off

The current default vertical allignment set to Bottom and wrap on causes
information display problems. To a novice user a cell can appear to be
empty.

Is there a startup settings file that can be changed for Excel or some
secret setting within Excel to do the above? If so, how?

 

[Gord Dibben]

Open a new workbook. Customize as you wish.........group the sheets before
setup so's all sheets get same settings.

File>Save 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 File>New or the Toolbar button
File>New or CTRL + n

WARNING................Do not use File>New...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 Insert>Sheet.

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

Instructions are for Excel 2003 and earlier.

2007 is similar except you would save as BOOK.xltx


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

 

[JimG]

Gord
Thanks ... worked like a charm.
Any ideas about my other excel post this am? "Disable column only sorting
in Excel"

Jim

 

[Gord Dibben]

Unfortunately, there is no "beforesort" event so you cannot cancel the sort
if not all pertinent columns are selected.

I agree with Dave about creating a Table from your range as the easist
method to control the sort range.


Gord

 

[Gord Dibben]

On the other hand you could run Sort from a button to which a macro is
assigned.

But you could still have users who bypassed that and ran sort from regular
method or disabled macros on opening.


Gord

 

[JimG]

I think we are going to include a warning/disclaimer page or popup with our
outbound data spreadsheets. Thanks for your help.

If you have Word / Access expertise, please take a look at my other post
this am listed under "Word" - "Mailmerge" titled "How do you connect Word
2003 to Access 2007 accdb database"

Jim