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Excel and 'save as'

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Androm

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Posted November 15, 2012 at 3:27PM

I have a spreadsheet (excel 2003) which I can modify and use perfectly but it has suddenly stopped me using 'save as'. I can save, I can copy & paste but I cannot 'save as'. On my laptop (XP, Office 2003), where it was created, if I try to 'save as', it crashes. I have copied it to my office computer (Win 7, Office 2010), it offers me a drip down list but the list is blank. Any ideas? Michael

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Woolwell

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Posted November 15, 2012 at 3:52PM

Can you save as with other spreadsheets?

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Androm

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Posted November 15, 2012 at 4:13PM

You are right, none of my spreadsheets will 'save as'. Virus?

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wiz-king

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Posted November 15, 2012 at 4:27PM

Check the file properties - it may have set its self to read only.

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Woolwell

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Posted November 15, 2012 at 4:29PM

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Woolwell

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Posted November 15, 2012 at 4:30PM

wiz-king - all files set to read only?

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Bris

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Posted November 15, 2012 at 4:30PM

Some info here. It suggests that recent updates are the cause.

click here

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Woolwell

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Posted November 15, 2012 at 4:46PM

Bris - that was in 2006!

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Bris

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Posted November 15, 2012 at 5:03PM

Woolwell - may still be relevant if Microsoft have released a fix with the same problem.

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Bris

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Posted November 15, 2012 at 5:07PM

It would be interesting to know if the fault occured this week after update Tuesday?

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lotvic

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Posted November 15, 2012 at 11:19PM

Do you have Skype? I recall that "click to call" feature interferes causing a problem with Excel.

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