How do I change default worksheet colour from white?

[Gord Dibben]

The default worksheet cells' background is not "white".

It is "No color" which looks white.

Which color would you like to see?

Note: setting background color to anything but no color will wipe out
gridlines.

Do you want to live with this?

You can change the default workbook that Excel uses.

Open a new workbook. Customize as you wish.

File>Save As Type: scroll down to Excel Template(*.XLT) and select. Name
your workbook "BOOK"(no quotes). Excel will add the .XLT to save as
BOOK.XLT.

Store this workbook in the XLSTART folder usually located at........

C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART

This will be the default workbook for File>New or the Toolbar button
File>New or CTRL + n

WARNING................Do not use File>New...Blank Workbook or you will get
the Excel default workbook.

NOTE: Existing workbooks are not affected by these settings.

You can also open a new workbook and delete all but one sheet. Customize as
you wish then save this as SHEET.XLT in XLSTART folder also. It now becomes
the default Insert>Sheet.

More can be found on this in Help under "templates"(no quotes).


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

 

[Dave Peterson]

Create a new workbook, save it as book.xlt (a template file) in to the XLStart
folder.

A new workbook will be created based on this workbook when you click on the New
Icon on the standard toolbar.

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