I think it is#2. it does not give a reason in the message box however. will
the save message go away if I paste the doc conents in a new worksheeet?

"Ian" wrote:

> Two possibilities (there may be others)
> 1. If there is a macro which runs when the file is opened, this effectively
> changes the file, even if all the data remains the same.
> 2. If the file was created with an older version of Excel, you will be
> prompted to save the file. I think in this case the message box tells you
> why.
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> Ian
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> "Sam" <Sam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:DFBCCB46-9629-4E40-BE5F-428B89838869@microsoft.com...
> > Why does excel ask if i want to save a document when i have made no
> > changes?
> > it happens only with certain workbooks, not all of them. Do I need to
> > change
> > my settings?
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