I recently installed Office 2007 but left the 2000 versions of Access, Word,
and Access installed. this was an option on one screen of the installation
procedure.

when I start Excel 2007 from the Start Menu and then File|Open and select a
2000 formated file to open everything is OK. the correct spreadsheet is
displayed and the title bar shows the correct spreadsheet in "Compatability
Mode" as expected.

when I start the process by double clicking a file name of a 2000 formated
spreadsheet Excel 2007 opens but no spreadsheet is displayed, not even a
blank one. to get something to display I have to right click anywhere on the
open form where the cells 'should be' displayed and from the dialog box
select 'Calculate Now'. this triggers something so that now the correct
spreadsheet is displayed and the title shows the correct name in
"Compatability Mode". An alternative, after the double click on a 2000 file
name, is to File|Open and when the Open dialog box appears I click 'cancel'.
This also triggers the correct display.

Double click does not work for 2000 OR 2007 spreadsheets. Excel opens but
no spreadsheet.

Who doesn't the spreadsheet display when Excel opens after a double click??

HELP
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Steve S