no cells, grey screen, all tabs greyed out
 

I just opened my spreadsheet (xlsx file), no data or cells are present and
all the tabs are greyed out. The screen (where cells/data s/b present) is
just a grey blank screen. On the very top where the file name s/b in the
border, it just says Microsoft Excel. What has happened? Can I recover my
data?

no cells, grey screen, all tabs greyed out
 

You need to open a workbook file (the Office icon is not greyed out) or
start a new (use shortcut CTRL+N)
best wishes
--
Bernard Liengme
Microsoft Excel MVP
http://people.stfx.ca/bliengme

"John" wrote in message
...
I just opened my spreadsheet (xlsx file), no data or cells are present and
all the tabs are greyed out. The screen (where cells/data s/b present)
is
just a grey blank screen. On the very top where the file name s/b in the
border, it just says Microsoft Excel. What has happened? Can I recover
my
data?

no cells, grey screen, all tabs greyed out
 

Thank you for your reply sir...but this is an existing WB containing data,
formulas, etc. Any thoughts?

"Bernard Liengme" wrote:

You need to open a workbook file (the Office icon is not greyed out) or
start a new (use shortcut CTRL+N)
best wishes
--
Bernard Liengme
Microsoft Excel MVP
http://people.stfx.ca/bliengme

"John" wrote in message
...
I just opened my spreadsheet (xlsx file), no data or cells are present and
all the tabs are greyed out. The screen (where cells/data s/b present)
is
just a grey blank screen. On the very top where the file name s/b in the
border, it just says Microsoft Excel. What has happened? Can I recover
my
data?

.

As suggested, it does work, just a few more things to do, so the whole process is...
Open your file, File, New, Blank Workbook, Window, Arrange, Horizontal, OK. Your data will now be displayed. Close the new file. Save your data file.

McBride.