Microsoft Excel X for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide

Transition Preferences

Transition preferences (Figure 14) offer options to help you transition between Excel and other spreadsheet software packages, such as Lotus 1-2-3.

Figure 14. The default settings in the Transition pane of the Preferences dialog.

• Default save as type enables you to specify the default file format for every Excel file you save. Choose an option from the pop-up menu (Figure 15). The option you select will automatically appear in the Save As dialog. You can override this choice if desired when you save a file. This option is useful if you often share the Excel files you create with people who use a different version of Excel ...