Thanks, macopod, for keeping assisting me.
No, I wouldn't want this new template of mine to override the format of every existing Excel file it receives.
But that's not what the original template in Excel does. This primal template also respects the formats of the several files that get opened into it; yet these open in the workbook and file started by the template, not in a second workbook or file.
That's how I want my new personal template to work. Not possible?
Thanks again.
ACA