XL98: Window Options Are Not Saved in Workspace File (192871)

SUMMARY

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 Preferences dialog box (click Preferences on the Tools menu).

   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.

REFERENCES

For more information about creating and saving a workspace file, click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

workspaces

and then click Show Topics. Select the "Save a group of workbooks in a customized workspace" topic, and click Go To. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.