I created a timesheet template for hourly employees at my job. Every pay period they email me their filled-in timesheets. Each Excel file contains 24 sheets, one for each pay period of the year. Each sheet contains about 50 checkbox userform controls. Here's my problem:

When I open or close the file, it takes forever for the hour glass to disappear. I believe the checkboxes are to blame. They are somehow using up too much RAM for my computer to upload quickly, even though I have a fast computer.

When I open the file, I don't want to make changes or to recalculate anything. All I want is to see the timesheet and print it out. Is there a way to turn off the checkboxes or instruct Excel to not upload the checkboxes. Maybe then the files will open quickly.