XLS2010 : Template Excel: Strange behavior!

[Kreg]

Hello everyone,
I have an Excel behavior quite funny on the use of document templates ...

My need is to apply a template Excel colors by default, created by my designer team.
Very quickly on the net, I saw that to create a model Excel I just need to put the Workbook.xltx in "C:\Program Files ( x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\XLSTART".

The good news is that it works when I run Excel ; I have my "color theme".

BUT if Excel is already open and if i open a new workbook (File > New> New blank Workbook) : The color theme is not applies ! And the funny is that if I do a CTRL + N the template applies correctly !
What the difference between CTRL + N and New > New blank workbook?


Any idea? This seems crazy !
Of course I have tested on a >10 computers ... ( all Win7 SP1 And Office 2K10 SP2 x86)

[Andy Pope]

Shouldn't it be called Book.xltx

http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/ex...005199391.aspx

[Kreg]

No change.

CTRL+N : OK
File > New blanck workbook : KO

[shg]

I think that's just been standard behavior for many versions; Ctrl+N gets an instance of the template, and New > Blank Workbook gets you exactly that.

[Kreg]

I think that's just been standard behavior for many versions; Ctrl+N gets an instance of the template, and New > Blank Workbook gets you exactly that.

So in your opinion it's not possible to "really" apply a template for Excel in every condition ?

[shg]

I think it's behavior by design, and it makes sense to me.