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BillE BillE is offline
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Default macro confusion

I have buttons on my spreadsheet that run macros no problem.

I copied the spreadsheet to a different location on the same computer, and
now when I click a button in the copy to run a macro, i get the error:
"A document with the name messed_up.xls is already open. You cannot open
two documents with the same name etc."

But NO other spreadsheet is open.

I can fix this by relinking the button to the macro in the copy it is
supposed to run and it works fine again.

However, I don't understand what is happening. Are the buttons pointing to
macros in the spreadsheet in the original location instead of the copy?
When the macros run, are they trying to open the original spreadsheet and
hence the error?

On this hypothesis, I changed the name of the copy to messed_upMore.xls.
Now when I click the button to run the macro in messed_upMore.xls, I get the
error
"messed_up.xls could not be found. Check the spelling of the file name etc."

I hope somebody can explain this or refer me to a resource which will
explain it. I have searched google but only found the clue about relinking
the macros, with no explanation.

Thanks
Bill