Start Excel 2007 with an empty worksheet

[evamads]

Hello Everybody,
I've been reading though various threads and can't quite seem to find one that does what I need: I want Excel to start with an empty workbook. Some months ago, I have been experimenting with having Excel to start without an empty workbook, and succeeded!!!

But now I don't remember what I did :doh:

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance

/evamads

[mdmackillop]

A book will always have one visible worksheet.

[evamads]

Yes, I understand that. But when I start Excel 2007, it starts up empty, with no files (or worksheets) at all - i.e. I will have to click Office-button, New, and select a template before I can start working.

[mdmackillop]

Save a workbook calleds Book.xls (or 2007 equivalent) in your XLStart folder.

[Bob Phillips]

You can also customise a workbook and save it as book.xlt there, that way all new books will adopt this custom style.

[evamads]

Yes, that works - thank you.

But it opens the actual Book.xltx, and what I want is Excel to open an empty (not saved) workbook, as Excel standard usually does (and like Word and PowerPoint does).

[Bob Phillips]

What is the difference between an empty workbook and a saved workbook with nothing in it?

[mdmackillop]

I suspect this needs an appropriate switch to the command line used by the Excel startup shortcut, and you would need to specify macro or non-macro workbook.