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Problem renaming a worksheet tab
I am teaching an introductory Excel course and three of my students ran into a similar problem that I have never seen and can not find written about anywhere. They double-clicked on a worksheet tab, changed the name and hit enter. Once they hit enter the name changed from "Lead Sales" to ".xls]Lead Sales" It didn't do anything unusual at that point. Later, they go to rename the third sheet "schedule" and a window pops up saying that the name is invalid because it contains excluded characters, spaces or too many characters. They can not save, exit, or switch tabs. The window keeps saying something is wrong with the "Schedule" name and the only option is to Ctrl-Alt-Dlt and shut down with task manager. Any guess the reason for this error? Where did the .xls] come from in front of the new name? Is there another option to solve the problem without task manager and losing their work? Thank you -- nywelton ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nywelton's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=36329 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=561140 |
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Problem renaming a worksheet tab
Just a guess...
The original file name had that square bracket in it. I've seen this more with .txt and .csv files, though. Is that how the data started? If it was, tell them to close excel and rename the file and don't use those funny characters in the filename. nywelton wrote: I am teaching an introductory Excel course and three of my students ran into a similar problem that I have never seen and can not find written about anywhere. They double-clicked on a worksheet tab, changed the name and hit enter. Once they hit enter the name changed from "Lead Sales" to ".xls]Lead Sales" It didn't do anything unusual at that point. Later, they go to rename the third sheet "schedule" and a window pops up saying that the name is invalid because it contains excluded characters, spaces or too many characters. They can not save, exit, or switch tabs. The window keeps saying something is wrong with the "Schedule" name and the only option is to Ctrl-Alt-Dlt and shut down with task manager. Any guess the reason for this error? Where did the .xls] come from in front of the new name? Is there another option to solve the problem without task manager and losing their work? Thank you -- nywelton ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nywelton's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=36329 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=561140 -- Dave Peterson |
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I'm afraid not. The file name does not have the square bracket. Also, the second problem is that they can not close excel or do anything else. The invalid name window keeps reappearing and all the other options are greyed out. -- nywelton ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nywelton's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=36329 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=561140 |
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Problem renaming a worksheet tab
I don't have another guess.
nywelton wrote: I'm afraid not. The file name does not have the square bracket. Also, the second problem is that they can not close excel or do anything else. The invalid name window keeps reappearing and all the other options are greyed out. -- nywelton ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nywelton's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=36329 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=561140 -- Dave Peterson |
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