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Whenever I open an Excel spreadsheet, it is displayed in a right-to-left layout by default (i.e the right most column is A and I need to scroll to the left to reach further columns).

I can change the layout by going to the Page Layout menu and disabling the Sheet Right-to-Left button.

How can I do it permanently so all spreadsheets are opened in left-to-right mode by default?

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May look at this:

In Excel 97-2003 there is always a option in Tools > Options on the International tab to change the default sheet direction. But in Excel 2007 there is only a option to change the default direction in Office Button > Excel Options ... Advanced if you have installed at least one RightToLeft language.
In Excel 2010 they add this option back in File > Options ... Advanced.

In Excel 2010:

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I took the liberty of quoting the most important parts and adding the screenshot from what you found. If the link ever goes down, that would be bad.. (see: Are answers that just contain links elsewhere really “good answers”?) – slhck Jan 14 at 11:23
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