Originally Posted by
yevlesh2
The file was created using Excel 2003. Excel was set to recalculate formulas automatically, but disabling it didn't seem to make much of a difference. Disabling the antivirus also didn't affect the loading times significantly.
Regarding the first two attempts, first one was a failure and I got impatient with the second one - closed all orphaned instances before trying to open Excel again.
What happens if you save it as an Excel 2007 format? Does that speed things up?
Is Excel slow to start if you are not also opening a document? How long does it take to load if Excel is already open?