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Excel 2007 won't allow me to insert a row

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David - 04 Aug 2007 14:13 GMT
I am new to Excel2007 although I have been using Excel for many years.

The problem I am having exists with only one Excel workbook file and
only in Excel2007,  The problem exists if I save the file as a 'xlsx'
file or as a 'xls' file.

My problem workbook contains 6 sheets (tabs).  It was originally
created on my old PC using Excel2000 and since transferred to my new
PC which has Excel2007.  The worksheet is essentially a large database
with relatively few calculations.  When I try to insert a row (HOME ->
Cell Menu -> Insert -> Insert Sheet Rows), I get the following nasty
gram:  "Can't shift object off sheet".  The problem also exists with
the same error message if I try to insert a column.

I have already looked at the bottom row.  There is no garbage in it. I
have tried deleting all rows from the bottom row to the row just below
the last row with data.  This has not helped.

This problem did not exist when I first moved the worksheet to my PC
with Excel2007.  It is recent.  I must have inadvertently changed an
option setting somewhere.  The problem does not exist with all
Excel2007 worksheets, only this one.  

I have only come up with one workaround - not a fix.  I can save the
workbook as a 'xls' file, move it back to my old PC, use Excel2000 to
insert the row, & move it back to the new PC with Excel2007.  Then
Excel2007 will recognize the new row although I still can't insert a
new row using Excel2007.

The problematic workbook only has 65636 rows, not the 1048576 expected
even when saved as a 'xlsx' file using Excel2007 probably due to the
fact Excel2000 created the workbook.

I would really appreciate it if someone could help me with this.
Roger Govier - 05 Aug 2007 11:12 GMT
Hi

Take a look at this article and see if it resolves your problem.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-ca;211769
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Roger Govier

>I am new to Excel2007 although I have been using Excel for many years.
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> I would really appreciate it if someone could help me with this.
David - 07 Aug 2007 02:10 GMT
Roger:
   Thanks for the help!

Dave

>Hi
>
>Take a look at this article and see if it resolves your problem.
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-ca;211769
Rachel - 07 Aug 2007 15:59 GMT
Hi, I have been having this problem with Excel too.  I have tried all of tips of here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211769 but have had no luck. I didn't have any comments in my spreadsheet but I added one and then deleted it straight away and then I was able to add rows again and all of my insert options were back and usable.  I can't explain it at all but try to add and delete a comment to see if that works as it has worked for me and a colleague.

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