default extension

[---Fitz---]

I'm using Office Home and Student 2007 on a Vista Home Premium machine. I'm
unable to change the default save extension from xlsx to xls. I can do it
on an individual file by file basis but I would like to have the program
always save the files to a default extension of xls. I've changed the
setting in Excel Options and the setting "sticks" but the program continues
to create and save as xlsx.

I also have the same problem in Word. Any help is much appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

 

[Scott French]

Fitz,

If you are using MS Office 2007, one of the most frustrating things for
users is the fact that the default saved file format is .pptx (PowerPoint
Files) and .docx (Word Files). What that means in a nutshell, is that
anything saved in PowerPoint 07 format will not easily open in any earlier
version of PowerPoint. And likewise for Word 07 and Excel 07.

1 Start PowerPoint, Word or Excel (you will have to do this for each program)
2 Left-click the Office Button
3 Left-click the PowerPoint/Word/Excel Options button
4 From the left panel, select Save
5 Navigate to the right panel and the SavePresentations section
6 From the “Save Files in the format†Drop-down menu, select PowerPoint
7 Presentations 97-2003 (or the equivalent for Word and Excel)


Scott

 

[---Fitz---]

Thanks Scott but I've already done this to no avail. The default setting
that you describe shows that the default save extension is xls (Excel
93-2003 Workbook) but new files created or saved are saved as xlsx. Any
other ideas? Same problem with Word. I can manually choose to save the
workbook as xls on an individual basis but not by default.