Good morning - Just to update the list on this problem that has now been solved. He cleaned the temp files with no solution but then did the detect and repair and all is good again. He has no idea what went wrong but doesn't care anymore because it's fixed. thanks for the ideas to pass along. Dianne -----Original Message----- Tell them to try deleting temp files, then run scandisk and reboot....then try Excel again If they don't know how to delete temp files, send them here: http://www.personal-computer-tutor.com/deletingtempfiles.htm Report back and let us know if this fixed it or not and we can dig deeper....or tell them to join this group. Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com FREE MS Office eBook Tutorial http://personal-computer-tutor.com/library.htm - ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************