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by neal1lb

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A multiple sheet spreadsheet would open fine
until we added columns with check boxes.
Now I have two machines that cannot open
the spreadsheets, but other machines will.
There are no differences between the types
of computers and no software differences.
The only thing I can think of is a setup
option withing excel.
Any ideas?

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by mtnsqs

Try uninstall EXCEL on the offending machines, reboot and then reinstall EXCEL with all options turned on

by neal1lb

Excel was initially installed
with all options. I already tried
the unistall-reinstall with no luck.
Thanks for your input

by chris hirst

Try removing the columns with the checkboxes first and retry on the other m\c to see if that is the problem. Another option would be macro security set to high on some machines or lack of memory (real memory), More info needed, like an error messagefor instance

by richtee

You might want to check out the following on the machines where the check boxes do not show. Open Excel | go to Tools | Options | View Tab |Object section | make sure "Show all" check box is checked.

Rich

by mwclayton

Are these 2 pc's trying to open these spreadsheets from Excel directly or from other location (email, explorer, etc.), if not, go to "tools, options, general, 'uncheck ignore other applications'. One other thing you can try running is 'Kill Office", which would reset all settings back to default.

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