Thanks this was really easy. I saved all kinds of print settings. It was bugging me how to avoid setting the print settings all the time. The only part I couldn't get to work was saving the workbook in the XLStart folder. I have one of those folders, but it's in the Office folder, I don't have a separate Excel folder. I looked it up on the help menu and it gave the exact instructions you gave. I'm not sure why my folders aren't consistent. What I ended up doing was creating a shortcut on my desktop to the BOOK.XLT, so now I'll always use that shortcut rather than the Excel shortcut. It works and is just as easy.