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Excel File Open function
Looking for some guidance. Since the latest update, when I try to open a file in Excel I am presented with a list of file arranged by date, Today, Last Month, Earlier this year. This defeats the Qu...
Select File > Options.
Select Save in the navigation pane on the left.
Tick the check box "Don't show the backstage when opening or saving files with keyboard shortcuts".
Click OK.
Use Ctrl+O or click the Open button on the Quick Access Toolbar to open files.
Thanks Hans. There was no change in the file listing after I followed your guidance, but trying to open a file still showed files by date open rather than a simple listing:
An enhanced feature that is less than useful to me.
- Found it!! Right clicking in an empty space of the file list presented a menu with a "Group" item. Selected "None" and the file listing returned to what I am used to seeing!