Hi

When you try to open it the first time do you use File|Open, or do you
double-click on the file in Explorer? If it's the double-click option, go to
Tools|Options|General and make sure that Ignore Other Applications is
unchecked.

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Andy.


"NottaBoy" wrote in message
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After I reinstalled Office due to a *&!X% worm, I now must open an Excel
document twice in order to get it to open at all. The first time I try to
open it the Excel doc is blank or totally gray. Then when I try to open it
again, (file, open, etc.) the doc appears the way it used to when I opened
it
the first time. What happened? I know it has to do with where the docs
are
stored but how do I fix it?