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File opens blank - but it's not blank
Hi,
I'm having a problem with a specific Excel 2003 file. I have a file that resides on a shared drive that several people open/edit. For one particular user (maybe others, but at least for one) when she opens the file Excel opens up, but the entire window is blank, no sheets or anything at the bottom of the page. If she opens up a different spreadsheet, then maximizes the one with the problem, it displays just fine, but everytime she closes it and reopens it, it's back to the same problem. I did a bit of googling, and found a note someone who was having a similar problem said was caused by the screen resolutions of the various users opening the file, and to increase this users resolution, open the file, save it, close it, and reset the resolution back to where she had it (1024x768) and open it again and it should fix it, but it does the same thing. This particular user has two displays if that might figure in anywhere. Anyway, it only seems to be happening on this one file. Any advice on what to try? If I open this file with either Excel 2007 or 2003 on my PC, it opens fine. Mike |
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File opens blank - but it's not blank
I'd ask her to open excel and that file.
But then to use Window|Arrange|Tiled (and resize the way she likes). I wouldn't fiddle with the screen resolution. Mike wrote: Hi, I'm having a problem with a specific Excel 2003 file. I have a file that resides on a shared drive that several people open/edit. For one particular user (maybe others, but at least for one) when she opens the file Excel opens up, but the entire window is blank, no sheets or anything at the bottom of the page. If she opens up a different spreadsheet, then maximizes the one with the problem, it displays just fine, but everytime she closes it and reopens it, it's back to the same problem. I did a bit of googling, and found a note someone who was having a similar problem said was caused by the screen resolutions of the various users opening the file, and to increase this users resolution, open the file, save it, close it, and reset the resolution back to where she had it (1024x768) and open it again and it should fix it, but it does the same thing. This particular user has two displays if that might figure in anywhere. Anyway, it only seems to be happening on this one file. Any advice on what to try? If I open this file with either Excel 2007 or 2003 on my PC, it opens fine. Mike -- Dave Peterson |
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File opens blank - but it's not blank
Dave,
That seems to have fixed it. Thanks. I don't know how it got in that shape, but in the end, getting it fixed is what's important. Mike "Dave Peterson" wrote: I'd ask her to open excel and that file. But then to use Window|Arrange|Tiled (and resize the way she likes). I wouldn't fiddle with the screen resolution. Mike wrote: Hi, I'm having a problem with a specific Excel 2003 file. I have a file that resides on a shared drive that several people open/edit. For one particular user (maybe others, but at least for one) when she opens the file Excel opens up, but the entire window is blank, no sheets or anything at the bottom of the page. If she opens up a different spreadsheet, then maximizes the one with the problem, it displays just fine, but everytime she closes it and reopens it, it's back to the same problem. I did a bit of googling, and found a note someone who was having a similar problem said was caused by the screen resolutions of the various users opening the file, and to increase this users resolution, open the file, save it, close it, and reset the resolution back to where she had it (1024x768) and open it again and it should fix it, but it does the same thing. This particular user has two displays if that might figure in anywhere. Anyway, it only seems to be happening on this one file. Any advice on what to try? If I open this file with either Excel 2007 or 2003 on my PC, it opens fine. Mike -- Dave Peterson |
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I think that it is the difference between screen resolutions. I've seen this
when someone opened a file on their laptop and arranged windows the way they like. Then when I opened the same file on my desktop, that location is off the visible screen. I may be able to screw around with those screen resolutions so I could see things (depending on lots of stuff), but then I'd be messing up how almost everything else looks on my pc. Mike wrote: Dave, That seems to have fixed it. Thanks. I don't know how it got in that shape, but in the end, getting it fixed is what's important. Mike "Dave Peterson" wrote: I'd ask her to open excel and that file. But then to use Window|Arrange|Tiled (and resize the way she likes). I wouldn't fiddle with the screen resolution. Mike wrote: Hi, I'm having a problem with a specific Excel 2003 file. I have a file that resides on a shared drive that several people open/edit. For one particular user (maybe others, but at least for one) when she opens the file Excel opens up, but the entire window is blank, no sheets or anything at the bottom of the page. If she opens up a different spreadsheet, then maximizes the one with the problem, it displays just fine, but everytime she closes it and reopens it, it's back to the same problem. I did a bit of googling, and found a note someone who was having a similar problem said was caused by the screen resolutions of the various users opening the file, and to increase this users resolution, open the file, save it, close it, and reset the resolution back to where she had it (1024x768) and open it again and it should fix it, but it does the same thing. This particular user has two displays if that might figure in anywhere. Anyway, it only seems to be happening on this one file. Any advice on what to try? If I open this file with either Excel 2007 or 2003 on my PC, it opens fine. Mike -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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