If it opens okay when you do a File, Open from Excel's menus, make sure you
do not have Ignore other Applications selected under Tools, Options,
General.

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Jim
"LisaK" wrote in message
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| Excel 2002 workbook - approx. 84K in size. Last saved 4/13/06. Click on
| file name to open today, 4/18/06. What I get is the Excel screen with
some
| of the tool bar area greyed out, no workbook or even a worksheet showing,
and
| most of the menu items greyed out. Any ideas what happened to this file?