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Hi all,

I am using a spreadsheet created by someone else. I am using Excel2K on Win2k.

I want to format a certain column as date.

When I click "Format:Cells", nothing happens. I can use the currency,
percent, decimal incr/dec or any other format toolbar button, and the format
of the cell will change. Neither the sheet nor workbook are protected, and
there is no code in the VBE.

If I insert a new sheet in the workbook, I get the same behaviour. If I open
a new workbook, everything is OK and I can format the cells.

Any ideas?

Thanks for the help.
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Is it possible that the previous user applied a style to the workbook?


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Thanks for the hint Bruce. I did find that the cells had a style attached to
them, but even after I returned the cell to "Normal" style I was unable to
get the "Format:Cells" command to work.

I didn't find anything on a style defined at the workbook level.

Thanks again.

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Is it possible that the previous user applied a style to the workbook?


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