XL97: User Settings Are Reset After Upgrading

Last reviewed: January 9, 1998
Article ID: Q170938

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

If you upgrade to Microsoft Excel 97 from an earlier version of Excel, the user settings are reset to the new defaults for Excel 97. For example, if you changed the default number of worksheets in a new workbook from 16 to 2 in an earlier version of Excel, upgrading to Excel 97 resets the default number of worksheets in a new workbook to 3.

CAUSE

Excel 97 does not inherit the user settings from earlier versions of Excel.

STATUS

This behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel 97.

REFERENCES

For more information about changing the default number of worksheets in Excel 97, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel 97 Help, type the following text

   worksheets, defaults

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Change the default number of worksheets in a new workbook" topic.

Additional query words: XL97
Keywords : kbsetup
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb

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Last reviewed: January 9, 1998
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