Could you post a JPG of this phenomenon?

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Jim
"tsmith7" wrote in message
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|I have the exact same issue and am going crazy. Has anyone found a
solution.
| I am about to uninstall office and reinstall. Due to the amount of
| customization I have I do not want to do this!
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| " wrote:
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| Same problem here - the Status Bar opens at the top of the window. I
| can close it with an Alt-F4 and after several attempts I can get Excel
| to start normally. I find it strange that it is not consistent in the
| way it starts up. Sometimes I have to try up to 10 times - and then
| Excel starts.
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| I have tried to start Excel in Safe Mode - same behavior. I recently
| did a clean install (Vista) - same behavior.
|
| There is one thing that nags at the back of my mind . . . the copy of
| Office 2007 I use is a Trial Version, converted to a full version
| after purchasing a key. Could this be the problem?
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