HAVE WINDOWS 98 SE AND TRYING TO INSTALL OLD  OFFICE 97 PROF. EDITION VERSION 8.0 FOR WINDOWS 95.  WILL IT WORK AND/OR DO I NEED OTHER UPGRADES ETC.

each time i try to start excel it goes into reconfiguring
microsoft office....i have tried all the options of
uninstalling and installing, changing the configuration
and detect and repair but it just does the same thing over

When I sum "auto sum" it shows up as "=sum(A1:D4)" in the cell, rather than display the calculated value. I opened up the format and it shows up as "text", so I change it to "number", but is still displays the formula. I, then deleted the contents of the cell and used "auto sum" ...

I can open a spreadsheet when I open Excel first then select open, but if I try to click on the link, it does nothing.  I click on it, so it highlights then I'll either double click the link or hit enter and nothing, it then isn't highlighted anymore.  No error message at all.  ...

Does anyone know of a way to turn off the F1 key in
Excel2000?  I can go to help the long way if I want it,
and I often find myself accidently hitting the F1 key and
having to wait for the help box to come up so that I can

My file continues to say it's calculate even though I've
manually pressed F9 several times.  I have doublechecked
it's on automatic calculation so that's not the problem.
I think there might be a formula that it's hungup on -

When I open my Exel files , a note apears on the bottom
bar stating "virus scan requested" and it takes a lonf
time, almost a minute, to open the file. I have Norton
AntiVirus. but it happens eaven when I disable it.

Does anyone know if there is a way to uninstall Excel without the
installation CD?
thx

My father has somehow ended up with a standalone version
of Excel 97 on his XP PC.  I'd very much like to
uninstall it.  Every time I go to add/remove programs and
try and get rid of excel, it asks for the install disks.

HP Pavilion a650y: Windows XP Small Business Edition.
New computer. While porting files from old computer to new
via floppy disks, the drive (I think it was the floppy
drive) began to chatter continuously. A CTRL/ALT/DELETE

Can I limit the number of rows and/or columns in a
worksheet? I don't want hundreds of rows, just maybe 50
per worksheet. Thanks -

I have just installed Office Small Business Edition 2003.
In trying to run Excel programs from an Office 97
installation on an old computer, I cannot find out how to
get the Visual Basic Editor to activate. on ALT/F11, all I

I am trying to make all of my cells the same size in on
entire row. Is that possible?
Thanks for your advice.
Joan

Have a couple of problems, and was hoping for some help. First off, when I
boot up Excel with the /e function in the past, Excel would come up without
an open worksheet.
Since creating some macros, everytime I crank up Excel, the personal.xls

How can I change the default active cell border color? I
want to change from from the bold black border color to a
different color and have it apply to all my Excel
spreadsheets.