exit compatibility mode without closing sheet?

quick Question, I use office 2007, and often receive files from customers in 2003 format, also most of our downloaded reports from our website are in the older format
Even after saving a workbook as xlsx it will still be in compatibility mode until the sheet is closed and re-opened, which is a pain as quite often I just want to do a quick vlookup or something on a temp workbook that I don't wish to keep


any way round this?

thanks, Steve

Check out the Convert Button, which will only appear if you open an earlier version spreadsheet.

Click on the Microsoft Office Button, in the left hand pane, select Convert

WARNING: Read the popup message that appears. If you use the Convert Button, the original is deleted after the conversion and cannot be recovered.

But, after the conversion has been performed, a second pop up window will ask if you wish to close and reopen the file in the new format,
answer YES and it automatically closes the old file and opens the new file in an a flash, almost instantly.

Thank you! will give it a go on Monday

great tip works a treat thanks!

@ spjmorris

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Cutter
thanks for the reminder, as you rightly point out I had forgotten about marking the thread as solved as I don't visit that often.

but when I do it's invaluable!!!
Steve