How can I make an Excel Sheet forget that it was generated from TFS?

calendar_today Asked Oct 24, 2011
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Question posted 2011 · +10 upvotes

I have an Excel sheet which is generated by opening the result from some query based on TFS work items.

I’m using this Excel for my personal planning, but whenever I close the Sheet, it asks me if I want to publish my changes to TFS.

I want it to completely forget that it is derived from TFS, because I fear that some day I may publish my changes unintentionally.

I have tried saving the Excel Document in the oldest possible Excel format, but that doesn’t help.

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Accepted answer +15 upvotes

This is much easier than the other solutions on offer:

  1. Click on a cell in the table
  2. Open the Table Design tab on the ribbon
  3. Click “Convert table to range”
  4. Save the workbook

Done!

Disclaimer: I’ve only tried it with TFS 2012 & Office 2010.

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