XL: Window Options Not Saved in Workspace File

• Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a
• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel, when you open a workspace file, all the workbooks in the workspace file have the following Window Options settings on the View tab of the Options dialog box.

   Window Options          Setting
   ---------------------------------

   Automatic Page Breaks   Clear
      (or Page Breaks)

   Formulas                Clear

   Gridlines               Selected

   Color                   Automatic

   Row & Column Headers    Selected

   Outline Symbols         Selected

   Zero Values             Selected

MORE INFORMATION

Window options are saved in each individual workbook. If you save a workbook with the Gridlines option cleared, when you open the workbook, gridlines are not displayed.

Workspace files save the workbooks you have open, including their size, arrangement, and position on the screen. When you open a workspace file, all of your workbooks appear with the same settings they had when you closed them. However, when you save a workspace file, the Automatic Page Breaks (or Page Breaks), Formulas, Gridlines, Color, Row & Column Headers, Outline Symbols, or Zero Values options are not saved. When you open a workspace file, all the workbooks are displayed with the default settings listed above.

Additionally, split, frozen, or zoomed panes on a worksheet are not always saved in a workspace file. For more information about split, frozen, or zoomed panes, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q113803
   TITLE     : XL: Split or Frozen Panes Not Saved in Workspace

   ARTICLE-ID: Q10042
   TITLE     : XL5: Zoom Setting Lost When Workspace File Saved
               and Reopened

REFERENCES

For more information about creating and saving a workspace file, click the Search button in Help and type:

   workspace files