Excel 2010

[gary]

When I open an Excel spreadsheet, the Status bar first shows "Downloading:" and the file-name. Then, it shows "Opening:" and the file-name.

When I save the Excel spreadsheet, the Status bar shows "Saving:" and the file-name then a pop-up appears saying "Saving As:" and the file-name.

What's the difference between "Downloading" and "Opening" and between "Saving" and "Saving As"?

Or are the processes being done twice?

 

[joeu2004]

When I open an Excel spreadsheet, the Status bar first shows
"Downloading:" and the file-name. Then, it shows "Opening:"
and the file-name. [....]
What's the difference between "Downloading" and "Opening"

My guess is: you are opening a file across a network (internet). In that
case, first Excel must download the file to a temp folder on a drive (disk
device) before it can open the file. If the download takes "too long" or
incurs a delay, we might see the "Downloading" status.

When I save the Excel spreadsheet, the Status bar shows
"Saving:" and the file-name then a pop-up appears saying
"Saving As:" and the file-name.

What's the difference between [...] "Saving" and "Saving As"?

The "Save As" dialog appears when Excel is saving the workbook to a non-temp
folder on a drive for the first time. The same thing happens when we open
Excel directly (instead of clicking on an Excel file icon), create a new
workbook, then save or close the workbook.