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Excel 2007 won't open earlier versions
Using Vista Business Edition, Office 2007 Enterprise.
If I double-click on a spreadsheet saved with an earlier version of Excel, all I get is a unusable blank window with a zoom bar at the top and no toolbar or menu tabs, no control box, no anything. The only way I can close the application at that point is by using Task Manager to end it. However if I open Excel first then use the open menu or drag the file onto Excel, it works OK. Any ideas anyone? TIA Andrew |
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Excel 2007 won't open earlier versions
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Try a couple of things 1) Go to Office ButtonExcel OptionsAdd Ins and click the 'Go...' button. Deselect all add-ins and see if the issue goes away (PDF Maker is the favourite to cause this issue) 2) Under Excel Options again go to 'Advanced' and ensure 'Ignore other applications that use DDE' under the 'General' section is UN-CHECKED -- HTH Nick Hodge Microsoft MVP - Excel Southampton, England DTHIS web: www.nickhodge.co.uk blog (non-tech): www.nickhodge.co.uk/blog/ "Andrew" wrote in message ... Using Vista Business Edition, Office 2007 Enterprise. If I double-click on a spreadsheet saved with an earlier version of Excel, all I get is a unusable blank window with a zoom bar at the top and no toolbar or menu tabs, no control box, no anything. The only way I can close the application at that point is by using Task Manager to end it. However if I open Excel first then use the open menu or drag the file onto Excel, it works OK. Any ideas anyone? TIA Andrew |
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"Nick Hodge" wrote: Andrew Try a couple of things 1) Go to Office ButtonExcel OptionsAdd Ins and click the 'Go...' button. Deselect all add-ins and see if the issue goes away (PDF Maker is the favourite to cause this issue) 2) Under Excel Options again go to 'Advanced' and ensure 'Ignore other applications that use DDE' under the 'General' section is UN-CHECKED -- HTH Nick Hodge Microsoft MVP - Excel Southampton, England DTHIS web: www.nickhodge.co.uk blog (non-tech): www.nickhodge.co.uk/blog/ "Andrew" wrote in message ... Using Vista Business Edition, Office 2007 Enterprise. If I double-click on a spreadsheet saved with an earlier version of Excel, all I get is a unusable blank window with a zoom bar at the top and no toolbar or menu tabs, no control box, no anything. The only way I can close the application at that point is by using Task Manager to end it. However if I open Excel first then use the open menu or drag the file onto Excel, it works OK. Any ideas anyone? TIA Andrew |
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"Nick Hodge" wrote: Andrew Try a couple of things 1) Go to Office ButtonExcel OptionsAdd Ins and click the 'Go...' button. Deselect all add-ins and see if the issue goes away (PDF Maker is the favourite to cause this issue) 2) Under Excel Options again go to 'Advanced' and ensure 'Ignore other applications that use DDE' under the 'General' section is UN-CHECKED -- HTH Nick Hodge Microsoft MVP - Excel Southampton, England DTHIS web: www.nickhodge.co.uk blog (non-tech): www.nickhodge.co.uk/blog/ "Andrew" wrote in message ... Using Vista Business Edition, Office 2007 Enterprise. If I double-click on a spreadsheet saved with an earlier version of Excel, all I get is a unusable blank window with a zoom bar at the top and no toolbar or menu tabs, no control box, no anything. The only way I can close the application at that point is by using Task Manager to end it. However if I open Excel first then use the open menu or drag the file onto Excel, it works OK. Any ideas anyone? TIA Andrew I have the same problem using Vista Ultimate and Office 2007 Professional. This is a fresh install of Vista and Office. I have no add-ins loaded and "Ignore other applications that use DDE" is unchecked. It's an intermittent problem, doesn't always happen. Have to use Task Manager to kill Excel and try again. If i open Excel first then open the file it works. Can you help? |
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