Hello Carol
In the Excel Menu:
Tools, Option, General tab
Untick "Ignore other applications"
Ok
Close Excel and try again.

HTH
Cordially
Pascal

"Carol" a écrit dans le message de news:
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I have a paralell installation of Office 2003 on my machine. When I try to
load a workbook (even a workbook saved in the xlsx format) the program
loads
but the worksheet doesnt. I have to select open from the menu and cancel
it
and then the workbook I specified opens. If I open excel without opening
a
saved workbook...it opens fine with a blank worksheet.

Anyone have the same problem or know a workaround for this annoying
problem?