Microsoft KB Archive/107977

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XL5: Unexpected Settings/Values If 4.0 Workbook Opened in 5.0
Last reviewed: March 27, 1997

Article ID: Q107977

5.00 5.00c 7.00 | 5.00 5.00a

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
 * Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a
 * Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0

SUMMARY
In Microsoft Excel, all sheets in a workbook share the following calculation settings:


 * 1904 Date System
 * Precision as Displayed
 * Save External Link Values

In earlier versions of Microsoft Excel, these options were set individually for each sheet.

Because of this difference, when you open a Microsoft Excel 4.0 workbook in Microsoft Excel version 5.0 or later, you may find that some of your sheets are using the incorrect 1904 Date System, Precision as Displayed, or Save External Link Values settings.

MORE INFORMATION
When you open a Microsoft Excel version 4.0 workbook in either Microsoft Excel version 5.0 or 7.0, the 1904 Date System, Precision as Displayed, and Save External Link Values settings for the last sheet in the workbook are applied to all of the sheets in the workbook. For example, if you have a Microsoft Excel 4.0 Workbook that contains the following sheets and settings

Sheet   1904 Date  Precision as  Save External name    System     Displayed     Link Values ---

Sheet1  no         yes           yes Sheet2  yes        no            no   Sheet3   no         no            yes and you open the workbook in either Microsoft Excel version 5.0 or 7.0, the sheets will all use the settings specified the last sheet (Sheet3 in this example). If Sheet2 is the last sheet in the workbook, its settings will be used by all of the other sheets.