When I click on the print preview toolbar button (Excel 2003) I get the print
dialog box, not the print preview screen. It used to be okay, and all of a
sudden it changed. Can anyone help??? Thanks in advance.
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Pip Langford

Just a guess......

Does the Print toolbar button bring up the Print Preview window? If
yes...then check the [Shift] key. It may be stuck down.

Does that help?
***********
Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP


"Pip Langford" wrote:

When I click on the print preview toolbar button (Excel 2003) I get the print
dialog box, not the print preview screen. It used to be okay, and all of a
sudden it changed. Can anyone help??? Thanks in advance.
--
Pip Langford

Thanks for the thought - but, the print toolbar button brings up the print
dialog box also. The mystery continues....
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Pip Langford


"Ron Coderre" wrote:

Just a guess......

Does the Print toolbar button bring up the Print Preview window? If
yes...then check the [Shift] key. It may be stuck down.

Does that help?
***********
Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP


"Pip Langford" wrote:

When I click on the print preview toolbar button (Excel 2003) I get the print
dialog box, not the print preview screen. It used to be okay, and all of a
sudden it changed. Can anyone help??? Thanks in advance.
--
Pip Langford

Can you still get to print preview via File|Print preview?

If you can, what happens if you start excel in safe mode:

Close excel
windows start button
excel /safe
open a workbook (or just change a few cells)
then click the print preview button to test.

If it works, then close excel and reopen it normally.

Then try resetting that toolbar.

Tools|Customize|toolbars|toolbars tab
select the Standard toolbar
click the Reset button.

If you do this, then any customized changes you've made to that toolbar will be
lost and you'll have to do those again.

Pip Langford wrote:

When I click on the print preview toolbar button (Excel 2003) I get the print
dialog box, not the print preview screen. It used to be okay, and all of a
sudden it changed. Can anyone help??? Thanks in advance.
--
Pip Langford

--

Dave Peterson

Hi

No, File|Print Preview takes me to the Print dialog box also....


--
Pip Langford


"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Can you still get to print preview via File|Print preview?

If you can, what happens if you start excel in safe mode:

Close excel
windows start button
excel /safe
open a workbook (or just change a few cells)
then click the print preview button to test.

If it works, then close excel and reopen it normally.

Then try resetting that toolbar.

Tools|Customize|toolbars|toolbars tab
select the Standard toolbar
click the Reset button.

If you do this, then any customized changes you've made to that toolbar will be
lost and you'll have to do those again.

Pip Langford wrote:

When I click on the print preview toolbar button (Excel 2003) I get the print
dialog box, not the print preview screen. It used to be okay, and all of a
sudden it changed. Can anyone help??? Thanks in advance.
--
Pip Langford

--

Dave Peterson

Have you tried the methods that other tolds you about? If yes, and you are
still getting this error then my idea is you have not installed any printer.
Install atleast any one printer even if you don't have and then try to see
the Print Preview.

Hope this help, let us know!

"Pip Langford" wrote:

Hi

No, File|Print Preview takes me to the Print dialog box also....


--
Pip Langford


"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Can you still get to print preview via File|Print preview?

If you can, what happens if you start excel in safe mode:

Close excel
windows start button
excel /safe
open a workbook (or just change a few cells)
then click the print preview button to test.

If it works, then close excel and reopen it normally.

Then try resetting that toolbar.

Tools|Customize|toolbars|toolbars tab
select the Standard toolbar
click the Reset button.

If you do this, then any customized changes you've made to that toolbar will be
lost and you'll have to do those again.

Pip Langford wrote:

When I click on the print preview toolbar button (Excel 2003) I get the print
dialog box, not the print preview screen. It used to be okay, and all of a
sudden it changed. Can anyone help??? Thanks in advance.
--
Pip Langford

--

Dave Peterson

try starting excel in safe mode and share what happens.

Pip Langford wrote:

Hi

No, File|Print Preview takes me to the Print dialog box also....

--
Pip Langford

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Can you still get to print preview via File|Print preview?

If you can, what happens if you start excel in safe mode:

Close excel
windows start button
excel /safe
open a workbook (or just change a few cells)
then click the print preview button to test.

If it works, then close excel and reopen it normally.

Then try resetting that toolbar.

Tools|Customize|toolbars|toolbars tab
select the Standard toolbar
click the Reset button.

If you do this, then any customized changes you've made to that toolbar will be
lost and you'll have to do those again.

Pip Langford wrote:

When I click on the print preview toolbar button (Excel 2003) I get the print
dialog box, not the print preview screen. It used to be okay, and all of a
sudden it changed. Can anyone help??? Thanks in advance.
--
Pip Langford

--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson

How do I do this? I don't seem to have a safe mode?
--
Pip Langford


"Dave Peterson" wrote:

try starting excel in safe mode and share what happens.

Pip Langford wrote:

Hi

No, File|Print Preview takes me to the Print dialog box also....

--
Pip Langford

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Can you still get to print preview via File|Print preview?

If you can, what happens if you start excel in safe mode:

Close excel
windows start button
excel /safe
open a workbook (or just change a few cells)
then click the print preview button to test.

If it works, then close excel and reopen it normally.

Then try resetting that toolbar.

Tools|Customize|toolbars|toolbars tab
select the Standard toolbar
click the Reset button.

If you do this, then any customized changes you've made to that toolbar will be
lost and you'll have to do those again.

Pip Langford wrote:

When I click on the print preview toolbar button (Excel 2003) I get the print
dialog box, not the print preview screen. It used to be okay, and all of a
sudden it changed. Can anyone help??? Thanks in advance.
--
Pip Langford

--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson

StartRun excel.exe /s

Note the <space before the /s


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 11:25:01 -0800, Pip Langford
wrote:

How do I do this? I don't seem to have a safe mode?

I opened Excel in safe mode and the print preview button worked as it should.
:-) So I closed it, went back in, reset the toolbar, but I'm back to the
same problem again.

Any other suggestions??
--
Pip Langford


"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Can you still get to print preview via File|Print preview?

If you can, what happens if you start excel in safe mode:

Close excel
windows start button
excel /safe
open a workbook (or just change a few cells)
then click the print preview button to test.

If it works, then close excel and reopen it normally.

Then try resetting that toolbar.

Tools|Customize|toolbars|toolbars tab
select the Standard toolbar
click the Reset button.

If you do this, then any customized changes you've made to that toolbar will be
lost and you'll have to do those again.

Pip Langford wrote:

When I click on the print preview toolbar button (Excel 2003) I get the print
dialog box, not the print preview screen. It used to be okay, and all of a
sudden it changed. Can anyone help??? Thanks in advance.
--
Pip Langford

--

Dave Peterson

I'm not sure if this will fix the problem (I thought that resetting the toolbar
would at least temporarily fix the problem).

But I'd look for some sort of addin/workbook that opens when excel opens and
"steals" that function of that toolbar icon.

Chip Pearson has some notes on how to diagnose startup errors:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm

And Jan Karel Pieterse has more notes:
http://www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/StartupProblems.asp



Pip Langford wrote:

I opened Excel in safe mode and the print preview button worked as it should.
:-) So I closed it, went back in, reset the toolbar, but I'm back to the
same problem again.

Any other suggestions??
--
Pip Langford

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Can you still get to print preview via File|Print preview?

If you can, what happens if you start excel in safe mode:

Close excel
windows start button
excel /safe
open a workbook (or just change a few cells)
then click the print preview button to test.

If it works, then close excel and reopen it normally.

Then try resetting that toolbar.

Tools|Customize|toolbars|toolbars tab
select the Standard toolbar
click the Reset button.

If you do this, then any customized changes you've made to that toolbar will be
lost and you'll have to do those again.

Pip Langford wrote:

When I click on the print preview toolbar button (Excel 2003) I get the print
dialog box, not the print preview screen. It used to be okay, and all of a
sudden it changed. Can anyone help??? Thanks in advance.
--
Pip Langford

--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson

Thank you!! :-)

I went to the Chip Pearson site and found a solution to remove an addin that
was hiding in the XLStart folder that was causing the problem.
--
Pip Langford


"Dave Peterson" wrote:

I'm not sure if this will fix the problem (I thought that resetting the toolbar
would at least temporarily fix the problem).

But I'd look for some sort of addin/workbook that opens when excel opens and
"steals" that function of that toolbar icon.

Chip Pearson has some notes on how to diagnose startup errors:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm

And Jan Karel Pieterse has more notes:
http://www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/StartupProblems.asp



Pip Langford wrote:

I opened Excel in safe mode and the print preview button worked as it should.
:-) So I closed it, went back in, reset the toolbar, but I'm back to the
same problem again.

Any other suggestions??
--
Pip Langford

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Can you still get to print preview via File|Print preview?

If you can, what happens if you start excel in safe mode:

Close excel
windows start button
excel /safe
open a workbook (or just change a few cells)
then click the print preview button to test.

If it works, then close excel and reopen it normally.

Then try resetting that toolbar.

Tools|Customize|toolbars|toolbars tab
select the Standard toolbar
click the Reset button.

If you do this, then any customized changes you've made to that toolbar will be
lost and you'll have to do those again.

Pip Langford wrote:

When I click on the print preview toolbar button (Excel 2003) I get the print
dialog box, not the print preview screen. It used to be okay, and all of a
sudden it changed. Can anyone help??? Thanks in advance.
--
Pip Langford

--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson