I moved book.xlt and personal.xls on to another drive, but it made no
difference.

To my knowledge, there's nothing at all in book.xlt. It's supposed to be
just a blank sheet.


"Dave Peterson" <ec35720@netscapeXSPAM.com> wrote in message
news:427603AB.F4C3D629@netscapeXSPAM.com...
> If you move personal.xls and book.xlt out of your xlstart folder, do you
get the
> same prompt?
>
> If no, put one of them back and restart excel.
>
> If that works, put the other back and test it out.
>
> ===
> Do you have any worksheet functions in book.xlt? (Like =now() or
=today()?)
>
> Brian wrote:
> >
> > No, it's XL97 and I've never upgraded.
> >
> > "Dave Peterson" <ec35720@netscapeXSPAM.com> wrote in message
> > news:427553DD.B5A5405F@netscapeXSPAM.com...
> > > Have you upgraded to a new version of excel?
> > >
> > > If you have, try opening book.xlt and saving it. Then test it out.
> > >
> > > Brian wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hmmm. I don't know quite what I did, but the recalculation now comes
up
> > > > Automatic each time. However, that happened before I tried anything
with
> > > > personal.xls.
> > > >
> > > > I tried renaming personal.xls, and it had the effect that when XL
opened
> > > > there was no blank sheet.
> > > >
> > > > It still prompts me to save the changes to Book1 if I want, even if
I
> > > > haven't done anything since opening XL.
> > > >
> > > > "Dave Peterson" <ec35720@netscapeXSPAM.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:427513AD.77029B24@netscapeXSPAM.com...
> > > > > The workbook template in XLStart should be named book.xlt (not
> > book1.xlt).
> > > > >
> > > > > When you recreate this template workbook, make sure you save it
with
> > > > calculation
> > > > > set to automatic.
> > > > >
> > > > > Do you have a personal.xls workbook in your XLStart folder? If
yes,
> > open
> > > > that
> > > > > and save it (again with calculation set to automatic).
> > > > >
> > > > > Excel uses the first workbook it opens in that session to
determine
> > how
> > > > the
> > > > > calculation mode should be set for that session.
> > > > >
> > > > > That might be enough to clear up that #1 problem, too.
> > > > >
> > > > > Brian wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have used XL97 on Windows 2000 for a long time. Just lately,
XL
> > has
> > > > > > changed its behaviour, and I can't work out why. There are 2
> > problems,
> > > > but
> > > > > > they didn't start at the same time.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 1. If I open XL and then immediately close it again, without
doing
> > > > anything,
> > > > > > it asks me do I want to save the changes to Book1? What changes
to
> > > > Book1?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 2. Whenever I start XL, re-calculation is set to manual. This is
> > true
> > > > even
> > > > > > if I finish the previous session by re-setting the previous
> > spreadsheet
> > > > to
> > > > > > automatic re-calculation and saving it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I tried saving different versions of Book1.xlt and in the end I
> > deleted
> > > > > > Book*.xl?. It made no difference.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any suggestions would be welcome.
> > > > >
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> > > > >
> > > > > Dave Peterson
> > >
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> > >
> > > Dave Peterson
>
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