I may be late in my reponse, but I can almost gaurantee that this is a user
profile problem. If you log into the computer as a different user, I suspect
Excel will stop crashing. So the trick is discovering where the bug is in
the profile. The only solution I have to this problem is creating a new one.
Hate to open this can of worms again, but if anyone has the answer..I am all
ears.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Wild guesses follow!

How about if you change to a different printer driver (even if you don't have
that physical printer).

How about if you update your video drivers?



AFlatt wrote:

Yes it does!!!

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Does it happen if you start excel in Safe mode:

Close excel
windows start button|run
excel /safe

When you start excel in safe mode, lots of things are disabled--macros, *.xlb
(toolbar customizations).

There have been lots of posts about not being able to find the *.xlb file--maybe
you didn't find the "real" *.xlb (my fingers are crossed).

AFlatt wrote:

I uninstalled it again, defragmented my computer, shut it down, re-installed
and then ran the detect and repair (I selected to set the computer back to
its defaults) and the problem still persists!!! I'm feelilng very, very
discouraged.

Regards,
Alexandra

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Have you tried "Detect and Repair" from the Help menu?

The virus scan is a function of your Virus Scanning application, not Excel.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 09:59:02 -0700, AFlatt
wrote:

I did as you suggested and I'm still having the problem. Would it be worth
uninstalling, defragmenting and then installing again??

One odd thing I noticed... when excel opens the "running virus scan" seems
to run longer than it used to. Maybe I'm searching for something but, I'm
not sure if that might have anything to do with it??

Regards,
Alexandra


"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Hard to troubleshoot something like this but try searching for your
Excel11.xlb file with Excel closed out.

When found(there may be more than one) rename to Excel11.old then open Excel.

Excel will re-build the Excel11.xlb file to default and may stop the problem
you are having.

Any customizations you have will be gone.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP


On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 04:42:03 -0700, AFlatt
wrote:

I'm running Microsoft Office PRofessional Edition 2003. When I use the
Format - Cells off the menu I can't format a thing. When I press the percent
sign on the menu bar I can change a number to a percent but, I can't add
decimals (or it will crash). It doesn't matter if it's a range or a single
cell. I can use control-B to bold and control-I but, it crashes on contol-U
to underline. The right mouse button also crashes.

Any ideas??
Regards,
Alexandra


"Bryan Hessey" wrote:


For a little more information, what version of Office are you running?
and is it just a single cell that you cannot format? - can you
highlight (say) 4 cells or a whole row or a whole column, and try to
format?
Try the right-mouse Format, the Formula bar Format, Cells option, and
the CTRL/1 option.

If you highlight a cell can you CTRL/2 to set the Bold, CTRL/3 to set
the Italic, and CTRL/4 to set the Underline? or is it just the
Format Cells window that you cannot open?

If you View, Toolbars and make sure Formatting is ticked, can you apply
the various formats to a cell or group of cells?

Are there any more clues?



AFlatt Wrote:
Are you still around???

I did everything you suggested and the problem still persists!!! I
can't
seem to format in excel. I completely removed microsoft office and
re-installed from a new set of diskettes that I asked Dell to send to
me.
Even with the new diskettes the problem continues. I have no idea what
to do
next!!! Neither does Dell.

Any thoughts??
Regards,
Alexandra


"CLR" wrote:

Does this occur only on one file, or any? If only on one, does it
occur with
that file if it is run on another machine?

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3



"AFlatt" wrote:

Every time I try to format a cell in excel the program crashes on
me. I've
run a virus check and I can't find any viruses. I seem to have
enough space
on my computer. What could be the problem??


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