Hello. My version of Excel has gone a bit mad and all the toolbars and menus
have vanished - how can I get them back? There's not even the File or Tools
menu button to click to reset! Thanks

An .xls file I have always been able to open suddenly cannot open. The error
message says the "file format is not valid". I have tried to change the file
name, to make sure it is an .xls file, but that does not help.
HOw can I get the data from this file?

I am trying to perform a simple calculation:  =j56-k56
I cannot get any formulas to calculate, only show the actual formula itself
I have checked that these cells are formatted as numbers
This seems to happen on any cell I try in the worksheet

On a HP laptop Excel 2002 the command buttons move to the right each time a
print preview is done. This does not happen on a desktop running the same
software or on another laptop & desktop with Excel 2003. I assume it is a
setting of some sort on the Laptop but have no idea what ...

I can't open Excel, but I use it all the time.  It's not a recent install,
and I haven't recently installed anything else.  I can still access other
parts of Office like Outlook, Word, and my powerpoint viewer.  
When I try to opent the program I get, "Preparing to install," ...

  I have an excel spreadsheet (6MB).  It crashes whenever I tried to
copy/cut any cell from any worksheet within the workbook.  Any idea on how I
can trouble the problem?  I have a copy of the workbook before I modified
couple macro, that version still works.  I have even tried ...

Help! Editing comments, hiding/showing comments has never been a problem
until this morning.  One whole column seems to be "protected", "frozen" or
something!
When I select the cell, the comment shows as it should.  When I right click

If I insert a row into my spreadsheet that already contains a column of dates
(02/15/2006) the new cell does not return the correct date.  What I get is
(fx=02/15/2006) in the cell and the displayed result is 1/0/1900.  I have
tired setting the column format to display dates ...

I have an issue with what I think is a user profile.  At the moment whenever
a particular user attempts to open an excel workbook containing a pivottable,
excel will crash with a general protection fault.
Any other workbook not containing pivottables will open OK.

I am using Office 2003 Professional, Excel 2003 Professional
When I open Excel, I receive the error "new microsoft word document.doc:
file format is not valid".  I can clear the error, and work fine in Excel.  
This error occurs regardless of the method used to open Excel (desktop

Excel 2000: large spreadsheet that include many cells w conditional formatting.
Operation sequence: (1) Select Column Y and Ctrl+X. (2) Select cell X1, and
'insert cut cells'.
ERROR occurs in all columns to the right. Conditional formatting for all of

Hi anyone
I have a problem with autofill on excel 2002 and excel 97
i am running them both on different computers and i have the same problem.
When i try to autofill a column using a formula (eg =F4*25) the formula

My scenerio is:
Windows 2000 server with a shared drive S:\public where users keep shared
files.
User has windows xp pro with Office 97 sr2.  When user created a excel

All of a sudden, ALL of my spreadsheets will NOT save after being opened -
whether I change them or not!
I get an error telling me that the file can't be saved because of a sharing
violation.

Every time I close any Office module I receive a pop-up message,
"Compile error in hidden module: <module name>"
If I click help this is the explanation
"A protected module can't be displayed. This error has the following cause