>etc. etc. is just things like leftfooter rightfooter headermargin etc. BTW not every single setting takes a minute, but setting leftheader takes some 3 seconds, centerheader takes 3 seconds again, and so on, adding up to about 1 minute. I am using Excel2000.
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>Auke

How much memory do you have and what speed is your processor and what OS are you using?