Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated January 11, 2022)
This tip applies to Excel 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
If you are working with a large worksheet that has a large number of graphics, you may have noticed that Excel slows down quite a bit when displaying the graphics. This can be particularly distracting, especially if your graphics are quite detailed or are being loaded across a busy network connection.
You can speed up the display of your worksheet by using placeholders. This results in Excel displaying boxes where your graphics would normally appear. This means that Excel does not have to redisplay the complete graphic, and therefore your display will be much faster. To turn on placeholders, follow these steps:
Figure 1. The View tab of the Options dialog box.
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2020-05-24 23:36:22
bob
how about excel 2007?
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