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I have a spreadsheet that I use daily that just started getting the stupid "Slow workbook? 50% of your workbook has unused formatting and metadata that can be optimized to improve performance...Check Performance" pop-up that I'm having to close out every time I open the workbook. It's super annyoying because the spreadsheet is formatted just the way I need it and the stuff "excel" wants to remove is stuff that I don't want removed. How can I make the popup stop? I've looked through the options and googled but can't seem to find a straight forward answer. Hoping someone has some kind of trick to make it stop.
The main issue seems to be that I have every other column formatted like pictured below. I did this so that I could easily see each column of data to make sure I was working in the correct one. Is there a easier way to do that?
A family of Microsoft spreadsheet software with tools for analyzing, charting, and communicating data.
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Genuinely, how in all things holy is this not fixed yet. The incompetence is unbelievable. Sorry, but I'm just very frustrated.
Isn't about time this was sorted.
Just yet another example how Microsoft cannot leave anything alone.
2024 December. It looks like the fix is even more complicated. No change.
Adding my vote against "Check Performance". It's more 'bug' than 'feature'. Get on it Microsoft. And spare us all the excuses that it's technically difficult. Even if it really is technically difficult, just admit the idea was poorly implemented and remove it.
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