I have read a number of the previous posts and found that nothing that helped
others helps me. I attempted to open a excel file. All I get is a grey
screen. The bottom left says open. The top left says the name of the file
but the tabs are though there is no worksheet open - ex: can't save, or save
as...Please help, important document.
It was working fine all day long.

Hi,

The bottom left should say Ready. Try choosing Window, Unhide.

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If this helps, please click the Yes button

Cheers,
Shane Devenshire


"CAS" wrote:

I have read a number of the previous posts and found that nothing that helped
others helps me. I attempted to open a excel file. All I get is a grey
screen. The bottom left says open. The top left says the name of the file
but the tabs are though there is no worksheet open - ex: can't save, or save
as...Please help, important document.
It was working fine all day long.

If you do a print preview, do you see the data?

If yes, I'd try rearranging the windows. In xl2003 menus, I'd use:
Window|Arrange|tiled
and then resize the way I want.

CAS wrote:

I have read a number of the previous posts and found that nothing that helped
others helps me. I attempted to open a excel file. All I get is a grey
screen. The bottom left says open. The top left says the name of the file
but the tabs are though there is no worksheet open - ex: can't save, or save
as...Please help, important document.
It was working fine all day long.

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Dave Peterson