I'm running Vista, Office 2007, as well as Acrobat 8.1 and have the same
blank blue Excel screen. I have had this problem for several months now and
have been keeping my eye on all the posts here concerning this problem.

There is no tool bar at the top, only the bar which is normally at the
bottom. There is no functionality. I close the blank blue excel window via
task bar.

I have consistently had luck opening excel files while holding down the
"CTRL" key but would like to find the true fix.

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On Aug 27, 6:25 am, "Ron de Bruin" wrote:
Update:

The Devs at Microsoft know about the issue.

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Regards Ron de Bruinhttp://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm

"Andrew" wrote in ...
Several times when I startExcel2007, I get ablankblue page called
"preview:19200' and there are no options to cancel it.
I close it from the taskbar and hope I can start the application properly by
double-clicking theExceldocument I want to work on. Doesn't always work.
About 8 times out of 10Excelstartsnormally with no problem.
My OS is Vista. Plenty of resources available.

The issue with Excel opening a "blank" Document has been occurring at
our Company's office since we upgraded to Office 2007. I have found
that every single instance of the issue has been caused by Adobe
Acrobat professional or Reader being installed, this only affects the
users who are NOT running the latest version of Adobe Acrobat 8.1. The
Resolution to this issue was to remove Adobe Reader and/or
Professional from the system. Once you have completed this step, you
may receive a "compile error" when you attempt to start Excel. If this
occurs you can delete the "XLSTART" directory from the followign
location "C:\Program files\Microsoft Office\Office12". The next time
you attempt to run Excel the windows installer will run and "repair"
the installation. Excel should now start without issue. You can also
re-install Adobe Acrobat, just make sure you install the latest
version.