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Default Excel spreadsheet print preview error "nothing to print"

Could be a printer driver issue.

I can't think of anything else.


Gord

On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:13:02 -0700, Ann wrote:

Gord,

I told my boss to click on the square to be sure he highlighted the sheet -
since he is in a different location, I couldn't tell what he was
highlighting.

He continues to get the error on print preview that there's nothing to
print. I'm grasping at straws here to explain why Excel doesn't recognize the
spreadsheet, thus my question about formulas. I have asked him to send me the
spreadsheet as an email attachment so I can see what he's working with.
However, I wasn't able to recreate the error myself here at the office, so
when I get his spreadsheet, I'm not sure I'm going to know what to look for.
Do you have any ideas? Thanks. Ann

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Ann

Clicking on that square is supposed to hightlight the entire sheet so no problem
there at your boss's end.

What did you think would happen when clicking on that square and why are you
asking about incorrect formulas?


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 09:30:02 -0700, Ann wrote:

I thought of that, too. So when he told me about the error, I told him to
click once on the small square box in the upper left corner of the
spreadsheet - to the left of the column headings and above the row numbers. I
asked him what he saw when he did that and he said the spreadsheet was
highlighted - it was blue. Any clues here? Is there any chance he could have
entered a hinky formula - an incorrect formula wouldn't do this, would it?
I'm stumped...

"Dave O" wrote:

I tried to recreate it too, to no avail. In your original post you
said something like "when I highlight a spreadsheet to print"... is the
boss trying to do something unusual? Without seeing the actual
sprdsht, your task is a tough one! If I highlight a blank range on a
blank sheet and instruct Excel to print that range, it prints the blank
range. Same deal for a blank range on a non-blank sheet. Somehow,
Excel is interpreting the worksheet as blank, which makes me think that
even though the boss ~thinks~ he's doing one thing, another thing is
actually happening.

The clue may still be in that "when I highlight a spreadsheet to print"
statement. Maybe?





Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
 
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