Settings, Files tab

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Settings, Files tab

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On the Files tab in the dialog box of the ribbon command File | Options options_icon, you can make settings for opening and saving files:

Template folder

Here, you can specify the folder in which the templates for Calculate documents are stored.

The dialog box that appears when you choose the ribbon command File | New to let you select a document template displays all templates that are in this folder.

Note: Normally, this setting should not be changed. Change it only in the event that you have actually moved the template folder to another place.

Default file format

Here, you can select the file format in which Calculate should save newly created documents by default.

If you create a new document with the ribbon command File | New and then save it for the first time, the Save dialog box always suggests the file format set here as default.

You can choose between several versions of both the Calculate format and Microsoft Excel format.

Important: Note that the Excel format does not know all of Calculate's features. If you save a Calculate document in Excel format, certain formatting options and other features may be lost. We thus recommend that you use the default setting "Calculate" here.

Saving section

In the Saving section, you can make settings for saving documents:

Prompt for summary information when saving

If you enable this option, a dialog box will appear automatically the first time you save a new document to enable you to enter some additional information about it. For more information, see Document summary.

Opening section

In the Opening section, you can make settings for opening documents:

Recently used files in File menu

If you click on the small arrow on the ribbon command File | Open dropdown_arrow, Calculate displays a list of the most recently opened files. If you select one of these entries, the corresponding file will be opened immediately. Here, you can specify the number of files to be displayed in the list.