Change excel Open default to "all files"

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I have a customer who gets lost when he tries to open a
lotus file with excel 2000. Is there any way to change
the file->open default file type of "all microsoft excel
files" to "all files?"
 
-----Original Message-----
I have a customer who gets lost when he tries to open a
lotus file with excel 2000. Is there any way to change
the file->open default file type of "all microsoft excel
files" to "all files?"
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I don't think you can change the default. You might be able to change it (until
something/someone changed it back). It looks like excel tries to help. It
remembers the previous one you used in that session.

I find it easier to use the keyboard sometimes. Instead of pointing and
clicking and scrolling, I just type: *.wk* (or even *.*) in the File Name box
in the file|open dialog.

Then I hit enter (I have to in xl2002--don't recall in xl2k) and the list of
files is refreshed.
 
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