I think those 2 cells are only active when betting is enabled the J3 i think is the number od races left from the pick list and the L3 is in running delay because the race has not started it would be a delay of 1 second when the race starts i think you would find it changes to 5 as there is a 5 second in running rule, you would have to confirm this with the boys from gruss.

As to your main problem you have me stumped as i have provided sheets for excel 2003 and up with no issues apart from the normal comparability ones.