excel auto save settings not retained

I'm running XP Home and Excel 2000. My auto save
settings (interval and not requiring a prompt to save)
are not be retained after closing and reopening Excel.
anyone know of a patch for this?

Hi David!

No need to post the same question to different groups. Here's the
answer I gave in Setup group:

See:
XL2000: AutoSave Settings Are Not Retained Between Sessions of Excel
2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;231117

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Norman Harker MVP (Excel)
Sydney, Australia

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I'm running XP Home and Excel 2000. My auto save
settings (interval and not requiring a prompt to save)
are not be retained after closing and reopening Excel.
anyone know of a patch for this?

"Norman Harker" wrote in message
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Hi David!

No need to post the same question to different groups. Here's the
answer I gave in Setup group:

See:
XL2000: AutoSave Settings Are Not Retained Between Sessions of Excel
2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;231117


Could somebody post the relevent extract from this page? I can't get into
microsoft.com at the moment. (If not I'll just try later!!)


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Regards
Norman Harker MVP (Excel)
Sydney, Australia

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I'm running XP Home and Excel 2000. My auto save
settings (interval and not requiring a prompt to save)
are not be retained after closing and reopening Excel.
anyone know of a patch for this?

XL2000: AutoSave Settings Are Not Retained Between Sessions of Excel 2000
View products that this article applies to.
This article was previously published under Q231117
SYMPTOMS
When you start Microsoft Excel, the settings that you previously specified
for the AutoSave feature are not retained.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a
(SR-1/SR-1a).

To obtain SR-1/SR-1a, click the article number below to view the article in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
245025 OFF2000: How to Obtain and Install Microsoft Office 2000 Service
Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a)

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products
that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected
in Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1/SR-1a.

To get the service pack

http://office.microsoft.com/download...O2kSR1DDL.aspx

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Peo Sjoblom

"John McDonald" wrote in message
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"Norman Harker" wrote in message
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Hi David!

No need to post the same question to different groups. Here's the
answer I gave in Setup group:

See:
XL2000: AutoSave Settings Are Not Retained Between Sessions of Excel
2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;231117


Could somebody post the relevent extract from this page? I can't get into
microsoft.com at the moment. (If not I'll just try later!!)


--
Regards
Norman Harker MVP (Excel)
Sydney, Australia

Excel and Word Function Lists (Classifications, Syntax and Arguments)
available free to good homes.
wrote in message
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I'm running XP Home and Excel 2000. My auto save
settings (interval and not requiring a prompt to save)
are not be retained after closing and reopening Excel.
anyone know of a patch for this?