Compatability mode

[Jim S]

I have Office 2007 and everytime I open an existing excel file or open a new
excel workbook it goes into the compatability mode, it will say Book 1
(compatability Mode) is that what it is supposed to do or is a setting wrong
somewhere? When I want to close an excel file it takes a long time before
it closes.

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[Ron de Bruin]

Hi Jim

Your default save format is set to 97-2003 that's why you see it when you open a new workbook
If you open a xls (97-2003 file) it is normal that you see this and you must use SaveAs or Convert to make it a 2007 file (xlsx,
xlsm or xlsb)

You can change the default save format here:

Office button
Excel Options
Click on Save
See the first line and change it to xlsx(Excel workbook) or xlsm (Excel macro enabled workbook)