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Excel opens with the file I want plus a new, blank document?
When I double-click on Excel file, Excel launches with a new, blank file plus
the file I am trying to open?? |
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Close the blank file, check window menu (in Excel) to see if any other
files are open besides the one you intended to open, close them, then save your file and close Excel. --- HTH, David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001] My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm "Pallet Guy" <Pallet wrote in message ... When I double-click on Excel file, Excel launches with a new, blank file plus the file I am trying to open?? |
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Thanks David. Closed the blank file and checked Window menu. No other files
open except the one I intended. Problem still persists. Strange, but this only happens with my company's version of Excel 2002 using Win XP on a Novell network. I think I'm using Excel 2002 at home as well and this doesn't happen there. Cheers. "David McRitchie" wrote: Close the blank file, check window menu (in Excel) to see if any other files are open besides the one you intended to open, close them, then save your file and close Excel. --- HTH, David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001] My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm "Pallet Guy" <Pallet wrote in message ... When I double-click on Excel file, Excel launches with a new, blank file plus the file I am trying to open?? |
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check your Tools, Options, General
Alternate Startup directory should not show any file, except for people on a network, and even then it may be questionable. I know I've had that problem with blank file, It probably was noticed soon after changing my version of Excel. t --- HTH, David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001] My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm "Pallet Guy" wrote in message ... Thanks David. Closed the blank file and checked Window menu. No other files open except the one I intended. Problem still persists. Strange, but this only happens with my company's version of Excel 2002 using Win XP on a Novell network. I think I'm using Excel 2002 at home as well and this doesn't happen there. Cheers. "David McRitchie" wrote: Close the blank file, check window menu (in Excel) to see if any other files are open besides the one you intended to open, close them, then save your file and close Excel. --- HTH, David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001] My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm "Pallet Guy" <Pallet wrote in message ... When I double-click on Excel file, Excel launches with a new, blank file plus the file I am trying to open?? |
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Thansk David. The alt startup directory is indeed blank. What version of
Excel are you using now? Has the blank file issue gone away? Thanks, Ross "David McRitchie" wrote: check your Tools, Options, General Alternate Startup directory should not show any file, except for people on a network, and even then it may be questionable. I know I've had that problem with blank file, It probably was noticed soon after changing my version of Excel. t --- HTH, David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001] My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm "Pallet Guy" wrote in message ... Thanks David. Closed the blank file and checked Window menu. No other files open except the one I intended. Problem still persists. Strange, but this only happens with my company's version of Excel 2002 using Win XP on a Novell network. I think I'm using Excel 2002 at home as well and this doesn't happen there. Cheers. "David McRitchie" wrote: Close the blank file, check window menu (in Excel) to see if any other files are open besides the one you intended to open, close them, then save your file and close Excel. --- HTH, David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001] My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm "Pallet Guy" <Pallet wrote in message ... When I double-click on Excel file, Excel launches with a new, blank file plus the file I am trying to open?? |
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