Thanks for the help. It was driving me crazy.

"Gary''s Student" wrote:

Try:

Tools Options General Ignore other applications (uncheck it)

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Gary''s Student - gsnu200802


"Pleasehelp" wrote:

Instead of opening directly by clicking on it, I get a blank blue screen
headed Microsoft Excel and Ready in the bottom left. I then have to go to
file, Open and scroll through to find the spreadsheet file again and when I
click it it opens. What has happened?