Share via

Excel won't save my formatting changes to a worksheet.

Anonymous
2012-02-20T16:59:12+00:00

I am trying to format a spreadsheet with simple stuff like bold font, borders, and highlighting cells. I save it, but when I go back into the worksheet all my formatting has been deleted. The data is still there, but no formatting. What am I doing wrong???

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | For home | Windows

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments
Answer accepted by question author
  1. Anonymous
    2012-02-20T18:46:43+00:00

    Was the original file a text file? If so, when you do a save, it stays as text. Try save-as and choose Excel workbook as the file format.

    408 people found this answer helpful.
    0 comments

1 additional answer

Sort by: Most helpful
Most helpful Newest Oldest
  1. Anonymous
    2012-02-20T21:39:34+00:00

    That worked. Thank you so much!!!

    27 people found this answer helpful.
    0 comments