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I am getting (what I think is) an erroneous "do you want to save your
changes?" message when I exit my .xls file (even though I didn't change any data). It happens ONLY after I rest the highlight on a cell in which there's a pull-down list (data validation). Again, I merely REST the highlight on the cell ... I don't pull the list down or choose any data. Excel is acting as if I did change data (hence the "save changes?" exit message) but I didn't change data. Is that how a data-validated cell is supposed to work ... that if I just rest the highlight on the cell, that Excel thinks I changed the data in that cell? (As long as I don't move the cell-highlight to a data-validated cell, I don't get the save changes? message.) More info, just in case it matters: the cell (B93) is a merged cell (B93:F93). When I go to data validation, I get a message that says: "the selection contains some cells that do not contain Data Validation settings. Do you want to extend data validation to these cells?" I answer "yes," and the form comes up fine, with the proper data validation. But could this have something to do with the erroneous exit message? |
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Do you have any of these volatile functions in your workbook?
=AREAS() =INDEX() =OFFSET() =CELL() =INDIRECT() =ROWS() =COLUMNS() =NOW() =TODAY() =RAND() These evaluate with each calculation. And cause excel to think your workbook has changed. And excel likes to recalculate workbooks created in earlier versions. Is this the case in your situation? Do you have any macros that run automatically that could be changing something? crimsonkng wrote: I am getting (what I think is) an erroneous "do you want to save your changes?" message when I exit my .xls file (even though I didn't change any data). It happens ONLY after I rest the highlight on a cell in which there's a pull-down list (data validation). Again, I merely REST the highlight on the cell ... I don't pull the list down or choose any data. Excel is acting as if I did change data (hence the "save changes?" exit message) but I didn't change data. Is that how a data-validated cell is supposed to work ... that if I just rest the highlight on the cell, that Excel thinks I changed the data in that cell? (As long as I don't move the cell-highlight to a data-validated cell, I don't get the save changes? message.) More info, just in case it matters: the cell (B93) is a merged cell (B93:F93). When I go to data validation, I get a message that says: "the selection contains some cells that do not contain Data Validation settings. Do you want to extend data validation to these cells?" I answer "yes," and the form comes up fine, with the proper data validation. But could this have something to do with the erroneous exit message? -- Dave Peterson |
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Actually, this usually occurs when you have cells that contain formulas like
=NOW() or =TODAY() :) These formulas always update on open. ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com www.MyExpertsOnline.com "crimsonkng" wrote in message ... I am getting (what I think is) an erroneous "do you want to save your changes?" message when I exit my .xls file (even though I didn't change any data). It happens ONLY after I rest the highlight on a cell in which there's a pull-down list (data validation). Again, I merely REST the highlight on the cell ... I don't pull the list down or choose any data. Excel is acting as if I did change data (hence the "save changes?" exit message) but I didn't change data. Is that how a data-validated cell is supposed to work ... that if I just rest the highlight on the cell, that Excel thinks I changed the data in that cell? (As long as I don't move the cell-highlight to a data-validated cell, I don't get the save changes? message.) More info, just in case it matters: the cell (B93) is a merged cell (B93:F93). When I go to data validation, I get a message that says: "the selection contains some cells that do not contain Data Validation settings. Do you want to extend data validation to these cells?" I answer "yes," and the form comes up fine, with the proper data validation. But could this have something to do with the erroneous exit message? |
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Here's a snippet from a Google archives search:
Hi Sal: If you have certain worksheet functions in your workbook (examples are TODAY, NOW, OFFSET), they will be recalculated and even if there is no change, Excel will present the Save Changes dialog. .... Vasant hth, Doug "crimsonkng" wrote in message ... I am getting (what I think is) an erroneous "do you want to save your changes?" message when I exit my .xls file (even though I didn't change any data). It happens ONLY after I rest the highlight on a cell in which there's a pull-down list (data validation). Again, I merely REST the highlight on the cell ... I don't pull the list down or choose any data. Excel is acting as if I did change data (hence the "save changes?" exit message) but I didn't change data. Is that how a data-validated cell is supposed to work ... that if I just rest the highlight on the cell, that Excel thinks I changed the data in that cell? (As long as I don't move the cell-highlight to a data-validated cell, I don't get the save changes? message.) More info, just in case it matters: the cell (B93) is a merged cell (B93:F93). When I go to data validation, I get a message that says: "the selection contains some cells that do not contain Data Validation settings. Do you want to extend data validation to these cells?" I answer "yes," and the form comes up fine, with the proper data validation. But could this have something to do with the erroneous exit message? |
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To Dave, Anne, and Doug:
Thank you for your suggestions but, unfortunately, none of those are the case. I went back to an earlier version of my spreadsheet, when I had only ONE cell in which there was data validation (as opposed to my currrent spreadsheet in which there are dozens of pick-list cells), and discovered that this message appears ONLY when I pass my highlight over that one cell. It's really wierd. I can move around the entire spreadsheet (about 300 rows and 10 columns) but I get the "save changes?" message ONLY when my highlight passes over the data-validation field. It's really bizarre. Dan "crimsonkng" wrote: I am getting (what I think is) an erroneous "do you want to save your changes?" message when I exit my .xls file (even though I didn't change any data). It happens ONLY after I rest the highlight on a cell in which there's a pull-down list (data validation). Again, I merely REST the highlight on the cell ... I don't pull the list down or choose any data. Excel is acting as if I did change data (hence the "save changes?" exit message) but I didn't change data. Is that how a data-validated cell is supposed to work ... that if I just rest the highlight on the cell, that Excel thinks I changed the data in that cell? (As long as I don't move the cell-highlight to a data-validated cell, I don't get the save changes? message.) More info, just in case it matters: the cell (B93) is a merged cell (B93:F93). When I go to data validation, I get a message that says: "the selection contains some cells that do not contain Data Validation settings. Do you want to extend data validation to these cells?" I answer "yes," and the form comes up fine, with the proper data validation. But could this have something to do with the erroneous exit message? |
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Do you have any macros in that workbook? Maybe an event is firing that makes
excel think the workbook has been changed. try opening excel in safe mode. close excel windows start button|Run excel /safe file|Open your workbook Do you get the same prompt when you do the same stuff? === And with data validation, you only get that message when you select the cell, right--not just mousing over the cell? crimsonkng wrote: To Dave, Anne, and Doug: Thank you for your suggestions but, unfortunately, none of those are the case. I went back to an earlier version of my spreadsheet, when I had only ONE cell in which there was data validation (as opposed to my currrent spreadsheet in which there are dozens of pick-list cells), and discovered that this message appears ONLY when I pass my highlight over that one cell. It's really wierd. I can move around the entire spreadsheet (about 300 rows and 10 columns) but I get the "save changes?" message ONLY when my highlight passes over the data-validation field. It's really bizarre. Dan "crimsonkng" wrote: I am getting (what I think is) an erroneous "do you want to save your changes?" message when I exit my .xls file (even though I didn't change any data). It happens ONLY after I rest the highlight on a cell in which there's a pull-down list (data validation). Again, I merely REST the highlight on the cell ... I don't pull the list down or choose any data. Excel is acting as if I did change data (hence the "save changes?" exit message) but I didn't change data. Is that how a data-validated cell is supposed to work ... that if I just rest the highlight on the cell, that Excel thinks I changed the data in that cell? (As long as I don't move the cell-highlight to a data-validated cell, I don't get the save changes? message.) More info, just in case it matters: the cell (B93) is a merged cell (B93:F93). When I go to data validation, I get a message that says: "the selection contains some cells that do not contain Data Validation settings. Do you want to extend data validation to these cells?" I answer "yes," and the form comes up fine, with the proper data validation. But could this have something to do with the erroneous exit message? -- Dave Peterson |
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Yes, Dave, there's a 6,000-line macro. But it doesn't run automatically. (I
even "disabled macros" when I opened the file and I still got the erroneous save message.) I opened Excel in Safe mode and, yes, I still got that message when I merely passed over the specific cell (H6) that has the data-validation. All I can think is that there are lots of other cells that are dependent upon H6. I guess Excel treats that (kind of) cell differently? I don't know. It's just really wierd. I don't change anything in H6. I don't even click it. I just move the cell highlight over it/past it. Maybe it's because so many other cells are dependent upon the value in that cell. Or maybe I merely found a bug in Excel? "Dave Peterson" wrote: Do you have any macros in that workbook? Maybe an event is firing that makes excel think the workbook has been changed. try opening excel in safe mode. close excel windows start button|Run excel /safe file|Open your workbook Do you get the same prompt when you do the same stuff? === And with data validation, you only get that message when you select the cell, right--not just mousing over the cell? crimsonkng wrote: To Dave, Anne, and Doug: Thank you for your suggestions but, unfortunately, none of those are the case. I went back to an earlier version of my spreadsheet, when I had only ONE cell in which there was data validation (as opposed to my currrent spreadsheet in which there are dozens of pick-list cells), and discovered that this message appears ONLY when I pass my highlight over that one cell. It's really wierd. I can move around the entire spreadsheet (about 300 rows and 10 columns) but I get the "save changes?" message ONLY when my highlight passes over the data-validation field. It's really bizarre. Dan "crimsonkng" wrote: I am getting (what I think is) an erroneous "do you want to save your changes?" message when I exit my .xls file (even though I didn't change any data). It happens ONLY after I rest the highlight on a cell in which there's a pull-down list (data validation). Again, I merely REST the highlight on the cell ... I don't pull the list down or choose any data. Excel is acting as if I did change data (hence the "save changes?" exit message) but I didn't change data. Is that how a data-validated cell is supposed to work ... that if I just rest the highlight on the cell, that Excel thinks I changed the data in that cell? (As long as I don't move the cell-highlight to a data-validated cell, I don't get the save changes? message.) More info, just in case it matters: the cell (B93) is a merged cell (B93:F93). When I go to data validation, I get a message that says: "the selection contains some cells that do not contain Data Validation settings. Do you want to extend data validation to these cells?" I answer "yes," and the form comes up fine, with the proper data validation. But could this have something to do with the erroneous exit message? -- Dave Peterson |
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I couldn't reproduce this in xl2003. What version of excel are you running?
(Maybe someone can test it and post back their results.) crimsonkng wrote: Yes, Dave, there's a 6,000-line macro. But it doesn't run automatically. (I even "disabled macros" when I opened the file and I still got the erroneous save message.) I opened Excel in Safe mode and, yes, I still got that message when I merely passed over the specific cell (H6) that has the data-validation. All I can think is that there are lots of other cells that are dependent upon H6. I guess Excel treats that (kind of) cell differently? I don't know. It's just really wierd. I don't change anything in H6. I don't even click it. I just move the cell highlight over it/past it. Maybe it's because so many other cells are dependent upon the value in that cell. Or maybe I merely found a bug in Excel? "Dave Peterson" wrote: Do you have any macros in that workbook? Maybe an event is firing that makes excel think the workbook has been changed. try opening excel in safe mode. close excel windows start button|Run excel /safe file|Open your workbook Do you get the same prompt when you do the same stuff? === And with data validation, you only get that message when you select the cell, right--not just mousing over the cell? crimsonkng wrote: To Dave, Anne, and Doug: Thank you for your suggestions but, unfortunately, none of those are the case. I went back to an earlier version of my spreadsheet, when I had only ONE cell in which there was data validation (as opposed to my currrent spreadsheet in which there are dozens of pick-list cells), and discovered that this message appears ONLY when I pass my highlight over that one cell. It's really wierd. I can move around the entire spreadsheet (about 300 rows and 10 columns) but I get the "save changes?" message ONLY when my highlight passes over the data-validation field. It's really bizarre. Dan "crimsonkng" wrote: I am getting (what I think is) an erroneous "do you want to save your changes?" message when I exit my .xls file (even though I didn't change any data). It happens ONLY after I rest the highlight on a cell in which there's a pull-down list (data validation). Again, I merely REST the highlight on the cell ... I don't pull the list down or choose any data. Excel is acting as if I did change data (hence the "save changes?" exit message) but I didn't change data. Is that how a data-validated cell is supposed to work ... that if I just rest the highlight on the cell, that Excel thinks I changed the data in that cell? (As long as I don't move the cell-highlight to a data-validated cell, I don't get the save changes? message.) More info, just in case it matters: the cell (B93) is a merged cell (B93:F93). When I go to data validation, I get a message that says: "the selection contains some cells that do not contain Data Validation settings. Do you want to extend data validation to these cells?" I answer "yes," and the form comes up fine, with the proper data validation. But could this have something to do with the erroneous exit message? -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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2000.
I wonder if that's the problem. Maybe I should upgrade. I don't suppose that I could send the spreadsheet to you ... and have you take a look? (I know that's asking a lot.) You could disable the macro ... the problem still exists even if you disable the macro. Thanks for the responses/attempts. "Dave Peterson" wrote: I couldn't reproduce this in xl2003. What version of excel are you running? (Maybe someone can test it and post back their results.) crimsonkng wrote: Yes, Dave, there's a 6,000-line macro. But it doesn't run automatically. (I even "disabled macros" when I opened the file and I still got the erroneous save message.) I opened Excel in Safe mode and, yes, I still got that message when I merely passed over the specific cell (H6) that has the data-validation. All I can think is that there are lots of other cells that are dependent upon H6. I guess Excel treats that (kind of) cell differently? I don't know. It's just really wierd. I don't change anything in H6. I don't even click it. I just move the cell highlight over it/past it. Maybe it's because so many other cells are dependent upon the value in that cell. Or maybe I merely found a bug in Excel? "Dave Peterson" wrote: Do you have any macros in that workbook? Maybe an event is firing that makes excel think the workbook has been changed. try opening excel in safe mode. close excel windows start button|Run excel /safe file|Open your workbook Do you get the same prompt when you do the same stuff? === And with data validation, you only get that message when you select the cell, right--not just mousing over the cell? crimsonkng wrote: To Dave, Anne, and Doug: Thank you for your suggestions but, unfortunately, none of those are the case. I went back to an earlier version of my spreadsheet, when I had only ONE cell in which there was data validation (as opposed to my currrent spreadsheet in which there are dozens of pick-list cells), and discovered that this message appears ONLY when I pass my highlight over that one cell. It's really wierd. I can move around the entire spreadsheet (about 300 rows and 10 columns) but I get the "save changes?" message ONLY when my highlight passes over the data-validation field. It's really bizarre. Dan "crimsonkng" wrote: I am getting (what I think is) an erroneous "do you want to save your changes?" message when I exit my .xls file (even though I didn't change any data). It happens ONLY after I rest the highlight on a cell in which there's a pull-down list (data validation). Again, I merely REST the highlight on the cell ... I don't pull the list down or choose any data. Excel is acting as if I did change data (hence the "save changes?" exit message) but I didn't change data. Is that how a data-validated cell is supposed to work ... that if I just rest the highlight on the cell, that Excel thinks I changed the data in that cell? (As long as I don't move the cell-highlight to a data-validated cell, I don't get the save changes? message.) More info, just in case it matters: the cell (B93) is a merged cell (B93:F93). When I go to data validation, I get a message that says: "the selection contains some cells that do not contain Data Validation settings. Do you want to extend data validation to these cells?" I answer "yes," and the form comes up fine, with the proper data validation. But could this have something to do with the erroneous exit message? -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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I just checked it on a 2003 machine and it happens in that version, too.
Dan "crimsonkng" wrote: 2000. I wonder if that's the problem. Maybe I should upgrade. I don't suppose that I could send the spreadsheet to you ... and have you take a look? (I know that's asking a lot.) You could disable the macro ... the problem still exists even if you disable the macro. Thanks for the responses/attempts. "Dave Peterson" wrote: I couldn't reproduce this in xl2003. What version of excel are you running? (Maybe someone can test it and post back their results.) crimsonkng wrote: Yes, Dave, there's a 6,000-line macro. But it doesn't run automatically. (I even "disabled macros" when I opened the file and I still got the erroneous save message.) I opened Excel in Safe mode and, yes, I still got that message when I merely passed over the specific cell (H6) that has the data-validation. All I can think is that there are lots of other cells that are dependent upon H6. I guess Excel treats that (kind of) cell differently? I don't know. It's just really wierd. I don't change anything in H6. I don't even click it. I just move the cell highlight over it/past it. Maybe it's because so many other cells are dependent upon the value in that cell. Or maybe I merely found a bug in Excel? "Dave Peterson" wrote: Do you have any macros in that workbook? Maybe an event is firing that makes excel think the workbook has been changed. try opening excel in safe mode. close excel windows start button|Run excel /safe file|Open your workbook Do you get the same prompt when you do the same stuff? === And with data validation, you only get that message when you select the cell, right--not just mousing over the cell? crimsonkng wrote: To Dave, Anne, and Doug: Thank you for your suggestions but, unfortunately, none of those are the case. I went back to an earlier version of my spreadsheet, when I had only ONE cell in which there was data validation (as opposed to my currrent spreadsheet in which there are dozens of pick-list cells), and discovered that this message appears ONLY when I pass my highlight over that one cell. It's really wierd. I can move around the entire spreadsheet (about 300 rows and 10 columns) but I get the "save changes?" message ONLY when my highlight passes over the data-validation field. It's really bizarre. Dan "crimsonkng" wrote: I am getting (what I think is) an erroneous "do you want to save your changes?" message when I exit my .xls file (even though I didn't change any data). It happens ONLY after I rest the highlight on a cell in which there's a pull-down list (data validation). Again, I merely REST the highlight on the cell ... I don't pull the list down or choose any data. Excel is acting as if I did change data (hence the "save changes?" exit message) but I didn't change data. Is that how a data-validated cell is supposed to work ... that if I just rest the highlight on the cell, that Excel thinks I changed the data in that cell? (As long as I don't move the cell-highlight to a data-validated cell, I don't get the save changes? message.) More info, just in case it matters: the cell (B93) is a merged cell (B93:F93). When I go to data validation, I get a message that says: "the selection contains some cells that do not contain Data Validation settings. Do you want to extend data validation to these cells?" I answer "yes," and the form comes up fine, with the proper data validation. But could this have something to do with the erroneous exit message? -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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How big is the file after you zip it?
If it's pretty small (less than 250K), go ahead. (I don't like opening unknown files and I don't like downloading large attachments.) crimsonkng wrote: 2000. I wonder if that's the problem. Maybe I should upgrade. I don't suppose that I could send the spreadsheet to you ... and have you take a look? (I know that's asking a lot.) You could disable the macro ... the problem still exists even if you disable the macro. Thanks for the responses/attempts. "Dave Peterson" wrote: I couldn't reproduce this in xl2003. What version of excel are you running? (Maybe someone can test it and post back their results.) crimsonkng wrote: Yes, Dave, there's a 6,000-line macro. But it doesn't run automatically. (I even "disabled macros" when I opened the file and I still got the erroneous save message.) I opened Excel in Safe mode and, yes, I still got that message when I merely passed over the specific cell (H6) that has the data-validation. All I can think is that there are lots of other cells that are dependent upon H6. I guess Excel treats that (kind of) cell differently? I don't know. It's just really wierd. I don't change anything in H6. I don't even click it. I just move the cell highlight over it/past it. Maybe it's because so many other cells are dependent upon the value in that cell. Or maybe I merely found a bug in Excel? "Dave Peterson" wrote: Do you have any macros in that workbook? Maybe an event is firing that makes excel think the workbook has been changed. try opening excel in safe mode. close excel windows start button|Run excel /safe file|Open your workbook Do you get the same prompt when you do the same stuff? === And with data validation, you only get that message when you select the cell, right--not just mousing over the cell? crimsonkng wrote: To Dave, Anne, and Doug: Thank you for your suggestions but, unfortunately, none of those are the case. I went back to an earlier version of my spreadsheet, when I had only ONE cell in which there was data validation (as opposed to my currrent spreadsheet in which there are dozens of pick-list cells), and discovered that this message appears ONLY when I pass my highlight over that one cell. It's really wierd. I can move around the entire spreadsheet (about 300 rows and 10 columns) but I get the "save changes?" message ONLY when my highlight passes over the data-validation field. It's really bizarre. Dan "crimsonkng" wrote: I am getting (what I think is) an erroneous "do you want to save your changes?" message when I exit my .xls file (even though I didn't change any data). It happens ONLY after I rest the highlight on a cell in which there's a pull-down list (data validation). Again, I merely REST the highlight on the cell ... I don't pull the list down or choose any data. Excel is acting as if I did change data (hence the "save changes?" exit message) but I didn't change data. Is that how a data-validated cell is supposed to work ... that if I just rest the highlight on the cell, that Excel thinks I changed the data in that cell? (As long as I don't move the cell-highlight to a data-validated cell, I don't get the save changes? message.) More info, just in case it matters: the cell (B93) is a merged cell (B93:F93). When I go to data validation, I get a message that says: "the selection contains some cells that do not contain Data Validation settings. Do you want to extend data validation to these cells?" I answer "yes," and the form comes up fine, with the proper data validation. But could this have something to do with the erroneous exit message? -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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