I had a client ask how to set the zoom for new and existing documents to something larger than 100% in Excel 2008 because he finds it too difficult to read at the default size. While my vision may be a tad better, I still find the Mac version of Excel to be on the small side. Sure, the preferences allow for the setting of a default font and size for new documents, but this will alter printouts and returns us to our problem. The "simple" answer I came up with is an AppleScript "assistant" for zooming that runs in the background and quits when it senses Excel is not running. You can also drop files on it as a replacement for the Excel icon in your Dock! You can either download the script [24KB], or read the rest of this hint to view the source. [robg adds: I've also provided an alternative solution that's not nearly as elegant, but which works for me, in the re...

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