In Excel 2004 I was able to set the default view to Draft simply by changing a blank document to Draft and quitting Excel.
In Excel 2008, I cannot figure out how to make the application startup with a blank document in Draft view and present all new documents to me in Draft mode.
> Hi, <br><br>In Excel 2004 I was able to set the default view to Draft simply
> by changing a blank document to Draft and quitting Excel. <br><br>
Then you had a *very* unusual version of XL04. That's certainly not how
it's supposed to work!
> In Excel 2008, I cannot figure out how to make the application
> startup with a blank document in Draft view and present all new
> documents to me in Draft mode.
Just as in XL04, one way is to set the "Preferred view for new sheets"
dropdown to "Normal" in Preferences/View/Settings...
Another way (which I prefer, since you can start with custom formats,
number of sheets, etc) is to create a default workbook template. You can
find instructions at the "Change the format and settings for new
workbooks" section of the "Control how workbooks and sheets are created"
topic in Help.