Excel 2007

I have a short cut on my desktop that points to an Excel file saved in My
Documents. When I double-click the short cut it starts the application but
the file does not open. However if I click on the Office button (just the
Office button and nothing else) the spreadsheet opens. I did not experience
this in 2003. Just another of the many blessings brought on with 2007.

I have made My Documents a trusted location, have tried saving it in the
97-2003 format and 2007 format (.xlsx). Still the same problem.

Any thoughts on what might be causing this and how to fix it?

Thanks for any help.

Hi Jeff

A similar(ish) problem can exist in Xl2003 which is cured by going
ToolsoptionsGeneral tab and making sure the "Ignore other
applications" checkbox is unchecked.

However, I am afraid I have no idea whether a similar option structure
is maintained in xl2007, but it might be worth having a search around.

Hope this helps!

Richard



On 24 Jan, 13:09, JeffreyBee
wrote:
Excel 2007

I have a short cut on my desktop that points to an Excel file saved in My
Documents. When I double-click the short cut it starts the application but
the file does not open. However if I click on the Office button (just the
Office button and nothing else) the spreadsheet opens. I did not experience
this in 2003. Just another of the many blessings brought on with 2007.

I have made My Documents a trusted location, have tried saving it in the
97-2003 format and 2007 format (.xlsx). Still the same problem.

Any thoughts on what might be causing this and how to fix it?

Thanks for any help.

Hey I'm getting this problem too! Only happens when we try open excel
from the doc itself. if excel is already open, it should be okay...

but i got this one really fussy user here at work that complains and
complains and doesn't like workarounds so i have to fix it for him for
him to stop crying...

any idears?

On Jan 24, 8:09 am, JeffreyBee
wrote:
Excel 2007

I have a short cut on my desktop that points to an Excel file saved in My
Documents. When I double-click the short cut it starts the application but
the file does not open. However if I click on the Office button (just the
Office button and nothing else) the spreadsheet opens. I did not experience
this in 2003. Just another of the many blessings brought on with 2007.

I have made My Documents a trusted location, have tried saving it in the
97-2003 format and 2007 format (.xlsx). Still the same problem.

Any thoughts on what might be causing this and how to fix it?

Thanks for any help.

XL 2007 is relatively new software. Doubtless there are some bugs in it.
This may be one of them.
--
Brevity is the soul of wit.


" wrote:

Hey I'm getting this problem too! Only happens when we try open excel
from the doc itself. if excel is already open, it should be okay...

but i got this one really fussy user here at work that complains and
complains and doesn't like workarounds so i have to fix it for him for
him to stop crying...

any idears?

On Jan 24, 8:09 am, JeffreyBee
wrote:
Excel 2007

I have a short cut on my desktop that points to an Excel file saved in My
Documents. When I double-click the short cut it starts the application but
the file does not open. However if I click on the Office button (just the
Office button and nothing else) the spreadsheet opens. I did not experience
this in 2003. Just another of the many blessings brought on with 2007.

I have made My Documents a trusted location, have tried saving it in the
97-2003 format and 2007 format (.xlsx). Still the same problem.

Any thoughts on what might be causing this and how to fix it?

Thanks for any help.

JeffreyBee and Richard -

In Excel 2007, maybe it's the following:

Office Button Excel Options Advanced scroll down to General Ignore
other applications that use DDE

- Mike
http://www.mikemiddleton.com


"RichardSchollar" wrote in message
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Hi Jeff

A similar(ish) problem can exist in Xl2003 which is cured by going
ToolsoptionsGeneral tab and making sure the "Ignore other
applications" checkbox is unchecked.

However, I am afraid I have no idea whether a similar option structure
is maintained in xl2007, but it might be worth having a search around.

Hope this helps!

Richard



On 24 Jan, 13:09, JeffreyBee
wrote:
Excel 2007

I have a short cut on my desktop that points to an Excel file saved in My
Documents. When I double-click the short cut it starts the application
but
the file does not open. However if I click on the Office button (just
the
Office button and nothing else) the spreadsheet opens. I did not
experience
this in 2003. Just another of the many blessings brought on with 2007.

I have made My Documents a trusted location, have tried saving it in the
97-2003 format and 2007 format (.xlsx). Still the same problem.

Any thoughts on what might be causing this and how to fix it?

Thanks for any help.

Nope - that didn't fix it. Thanks for thinking :)

"Mike Middleton" wrote:

JeffreyBee and Richard -

In Excel 2007, maybe it's the following:

Office Button Excel Options Advanced scroll down to General Ignore
other applications that use DDE

- Mike
http://www.mikemiddleton.com


"RichardSchollar" wrote in message
ups.com...
Hi Jeff

A similar(ish) problem can exist in Xl2003 which is cured by going
ToolsoptionsGeneral tab and making sure the "Ignore other
applications" checkbox is unchecked.

However, I am afraid I have no idea whether a similar option structure
is maintained in xl2007, but it might be worth having a search around.

Hope this helps!

Richard



On 24 Jan, 13:09, JeffreyBee
wrote:
Excel 2007

I have a short cut on my desktop that points to an Excel file saved in My
Documents. When I double-click the short cut it starts the application
but
the file does not open. However if I click on the Office button (just
the
Office button and nothing else) the spreadsheet opens. I did not
experience
this in 2003. Just another of the many blessings brought on with 2007.

I have made My Documents a trusted location, have tried saving it in the
97-2003 format and 2007 format (.xlsx). Still the same problem.

Any thoughts on what might be causing this and how to fix it?

Thanks for any help.

On 9 Feb, 20:58, JeffreyBee
wrote:
Nope - that didn't fix it. Thanks for thinking :)

"Mike Middleton" wrote:
JeffreyBee and Richard -

In Excel 2007, maybe it's the following:

Office Button Excel Options Advanced scroll down to General Ignore
other applications that use DDE

- Mike
http://www.mikemiddleton.com

"RichardSchollar" wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi Jeff

A similar(ish) problem can exist in Xl2003 which is cured by going
ToolsoptionsGeneral tab and making sure the "Ignore other
applications" checkbox is unchecked.

However, I am afraid I have no idea whether a similar option structure
is maintained in xl2007, but it might be worth having a search around.

Hope this helps!

Richard

On 24 Jan, 13:09, JeffreyBee
wrote:
Excel 2007

I have a short cut on my desktop that points to an Excel file saved in My
Documents. When I double-click the short cut it starts the application
but
the file does not open. However if I click on the Office button (just
the
Office button and nothing else) the spreadsheet opens. I did not
experience
this in 2003. Just another of the many blessings brought on with 2007.

I have made My Documents a trusted location, have tried saving it in the
97-2003 format and 2007 format (.xlsx). Still the same problem.

Any thoughts on what might be causing this and how to fix it?

Thanks for any help.

Hello JeffreyBee

I am having exactly the same problem and it's been bugging me too.

I installed Office 2007 a few days ago and I'm sure it was ok
initially. My son's copy works fine.

I haven't changed any settings so I can only imagine it was caused by
a Windows automatic update (they have caused similar glitches in the
past which Microsoft later provided the fix for)

Anyway I'm afraid I haven't any solutions but I will post anything
helpful I find out.

Regards

Dave