My Excel 2003 question is the following on an unprotected workbook.

1. Why would the following toolbars be GRAYED OUT on a spreadsheet with tons
of formulas.
Tools:Formula Auditing: TRACE PRECEDENTS, TRACE DEPENDENTS, TRACE ERROR,
REMOVE ALL ERRORS.

2.) When I click on Tools Options General, and under Objects click on SHOW
ALL I get a skinny vertical scroll bar that I cannot close nor can I do
anything with it. It does blink though if I click on the bar in the middle. I
cannot move it anywhere either.

THanks for any help.
Michele

The auditing tools are grayed out when the formula bar is active. Try
selecting a cell.

Dave
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"MarieM" wrote:

My Excel 2003 question is the following on an unprotected workbook.

1. Why would the following toolbars be GRAYED OUT on a spreadsheet with tons
of formulas.
Tools:Formula Auditing: TRACE PRECEDENTS, TRACE DEPENDENTS, TRACE ERROR,
REMOVE ALL ERRORS.

2.) When I click on Tools Options General, and under Objects click on SHOW
ALL I get a skinny vertical scroll bar that I cannot close nor can I do
anything with it. It does blink though if I click on the bar in the middle. I
cannot move it anywhere either.

THanks for any help.
Michele

Dave thank you but that is not the problem. This a spreadsheet with 5 sheets
wiht the following properties, 5 worksheets, 1 chart and 5 named ranges. I am
not sure what more details you need. The only way i could turn on the trace
precedent was to turn on View all in Objects in Tools, Options. This produced
a scroll bar. Any more clues? What details should I post?


"Dave F" wrote:

The auditing tools are grayed out when the formula bar is active. Try
selecting a cell.

Dave
--
A hint to posters: Specific, detailed questions are more likely to be
answered than questions that provide no detail about your problem.


"MarieM" wrote:

My Excel 2003 question is the following on an unprotected workbook.

1. Why would the following toolbars be GRAYED OUT on a spreadsheet with tons
of formulas.
Tools:Formula Auditing: TRACE PRECEDENTS, TRACE DEPENDENTS, TRACE ERROR,
REMOVE ALL ERRORS.

2.) When I click on Tools Options General, and under Objects click on SHOW
ALL I get a skinny vertical scroll bar that I cannot close nor can I do
anything with it. It does blink though if I click on the bar in the middle. I
cannot move it anywhere either.

THanks for any help.
Michele