Hi

I get the error "File may have lost data" - when I open a perfectly fine
working excel sheet after I have saved it in good condition.

This Excel sheet has many Networkdays and EOMONTh formulae. The values in
all the cells with these formulae get converted to #N/A when the above error
comes.

This is how this sheet behaves - The formulae work fine for a while but
suddnely when I open the sheet, these formula are replaced by #N/A in the
cells. If I apply the formula again in this sheet , I see the required
calculated values in those cells.

But I never know, when the problem will start coming again once I reopen the
sheet after saving it.

Can somebody point me to probable cause of the problem.

Thanks
Prerna

Hi,

The first question is do the formulas convert to #N/A values or do they
still show as formulas on the Formula Bar but display as #N/A in the
spreadsheet?

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Thanks,
Shane Devenshire


"Prerna" wrote:

Hi

I get the error "File may have lost data" - when I open a perfectly fine
working excel sheet after I have saved it in good condition.

This Excel sheet has many Networkdays and EOMONTh formulae. The values in
all the cells with these formulae get converted to #N/A when the above error
comes.

This is how this sheet behaves - The formulae work fine for a while but
suddnely when I open the sheet, these formula are replaced by #N/A in the
cells. If I apply the formula again in this sheet , I see the required
calculated values in those cells.

But I never know, when the problem will start coming again once I reopen the
sheet after saving it.

Can somebody point me to probable cause of the problem.

Thanks
Prerna

Hi,

I think you should also tell us what version of Excel you are using. What
version are the files stored as. For example are you opening XLS files in
2007?

--
Thanks,
Shane Devenshire


"Prerna" wrote:

Hi

I get the error "File may have lost data" - when I open a perfectly fine
working excel sheet after I have saved it in good condition.

This Excel sheet has many Networkdays and EOMONTh formulae. The values in
all the cells with these formulae get converted to #N/A when the above error
comes.

This is how this sheet behaves - The formulae work fine for a while but
suddnely when I open the sheet, these formula are replaced by #N/A in the
cells. If I apply the formula again in this sheet , I see the required
calculated values in those cells.

But I never know, when the problem will start coming again once I reopen the
sheet after saving it.

Can somebody point me to probable cause of the problem.

Thanks
Prerna

Hi Shane,

Thanks for your response. The answer to your queries is:
1. Version - It is Excel 2007 and the sheet is saved in 97-2003 format.
2. The formulas convert to "=#N/A" and cell value displays as #N/A.

Thanks
Prerna

"ShaneDevenshire" wrote:

Hi,

The first question is do the formulas convert to #N/A values or do they
still show as formulas on the Formula Bar but display as #N/A in the
spreadsheet?

--
Thanks,
Shane Devenshire


"Prerna" wrote:

Hi

I get the error "File may have lost data" - when I open a perfectly fine
working excel sheet after I have saved it in good condition.

This Excel sheet has many Networkdays and EOMONTh formulae. The values in
all the cells with these formulae get converted to #N/A when the above error
comes.

This is how this sheet behaves - The formulae work fine for a while but
suddnely when I open the sheet, these formula are replaced by #N/A in the
cells. If I apply the formula again in this sheet , I see the required
calculated values in those cells.

But I never know, when the problem will start coming again once I reopen the
sheet after saving it.

Can somebody point me to probable cause of the problem.

Thanks
Prerna