If that doesn't do the trick see this KB article about "Cell Comments"

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;211769

Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 21:14:27 +0100, "Frank Kabel"
wrote:

Hi
select all columns to the right of your data, delete these columns and save
your file. Now try again

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Regards
Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany
"Joe A" <Joe schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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When hideing coulmns, error message "cannot shift object off sheet"
appears