Give permanent name to custom format?

You know how when you create a custom format for a cell, it remains
available at the end of the format list for other cells in the same sheet?
Is there a way to make it available to any workbook you might use in the
future? Perhaps a registry addition? Or is it hard-coded into Excel?

Custom formatting goes with the workbook.

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

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

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 Excel MVP


On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:16:45 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>You know how when you create a custom format for a cell, it remains
>available at the end of the format list for other cells in the same sheet?
>Is there a way to make it available to any workbook you might use in the
>future? Perhaps a registry addition? Or is it hard-coded into Excel?
>

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP