size of window upon opening a spreadsheet

[macnbibs]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel When I open my spreadsheet, sometimes it opens to a window that only shows the cells I want to see. Other times it opens showing those cells plus several rows and columns larger. Why does it not always show the area that was shown when it was last saved?

 

[CyberTaz]

I'm not sure I have the 'absolute' answer because I experience the same sort
of thing once in a while ‹ not just with Excel or Office, but a variety of
file types. However, the way it reputedly works is that the window size
retained should be whatever it was as of the last _saving of actual changes
made_ in the document. IOW, if you just open a file, resize the window, save
& close without "dirtying" the file the previous size is what is used the
next time you open the file. OTOH, if you at least type a space then
backspace (not Undo) before you save & close, the new size should hold when
you next open the file.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[macnbibs]

I will watch to see if this helps, but I do not think I ever left the veiwing area larger and saved it. I think I always shrunk the viewing area back to what I wanted and then worked on the spreadsheet and saved before closing. I will watch to further assess this problem. Thanks. macnbibs