Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel HI all, I am running leopard on an iMac3.06 with 4 GB ram. Excel was running ok, then I added a 1TB external drive (la Cie) via Firewire and now it seems like every time I copy even a small range in excel, I get a spinning ball for about 10 seconds until control is returned to me. This persists after shut down and reboot. Excel is not crashing, its just slow. Is it because of the new external drive?? Any suggestions? Thanks all. Cheers,
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- 1. Cannot open Excel X files in Excel 2004
This is an issue related to the difference in versions. These files still open in Excel X, where they were created, but not in Excel 2004. If the file has a macro, and I answer the macro warning with "open file" it behaves as though I had opened cancel. Files without macros simply do nothing - no explanation, nada. Yet all these files open just fine in Excel X. Any suggestions on what I can try? Olive - 2. Sorting will not work
Hello, Newbie here. Hello to all. This is my issue. I try to sort and I receive this message: "The operation requires the merged cells to be identically sized." How do I fix this? Do I unmerge all the merged cells to see if they are identically sized; then somehow redesign my Excel list? I look forward to the answer(s). - 3. Why no save prompt?
After losing data yesterday when hitting the red button before saving, I dashed off a suggestion to Microsoft about this. Is anyone else dismayed that Excel does not exhibit this most basic application behavior: before closing a window, it should ask if the file should be saved? Am I being unreasonable in expecting either a prompt on hitting the red button or in having some indication in the window bar there are unsaved changes in the spreadsheet (as in OmniOutliner)? - 4. Date updated upon save
Hi, I looked and couldn't find this answer, so if this question has already been answered I apologize in advance. I would like to create a field in my spreadsheet that automatically updates the date and time upon saving. I found the Now() and Date() functions but I couldn't find anything that updates upon saving. I don't know a lot about scripting but I'd be willing to give that a shot if that is what it takes. Jennifer Marrs - 5. Hyperlinks to "Defined Names" shift when rows have been inserted
Before I ask my specific question, I've copied/pasted a portion of a previous e-mail that I've sent. It briefly explains my file setup. > I have an excel Workbook that contains several different worksheets. I'm > trying to create a hyperlink from a cell on one worksheet to a cell on another > worksheet. I'm created and defined the names for many of the cells > already--"Level_A", "Level_B", etc--all the way to Z. These are the names > because it's a listing of books by their Alphabetical difficulty level. > (Every book has a level denoted by A-Z). The problem that I'm having is that once I've set up my Defined Names and then linked to them, inserting rows on the page that I'm linking to changes where the hyperlink goes to. What do I need to do so that no matter how many rows I've entered, the hyperlink ALWAYS takes me to the specific cell that I've already set. I know that when I set up the "Defined Names" it refers to a specific numbered cell. I thought that by giving those lines a "Defined Name" instead of a column#/row# that the hyperlink would follow even if rows were inserted. Does this make sense? I want the hyperlink to follow the row and it's contents (regardless of whether or not the # of the row changes). Working in Office 2004--with latest 11.2.6 update on a G4 Powerbook (OS 10.3.9) -- Michelle
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by Rico » Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:04:50 GMT
Re: spinning beach balls in excel
by CyberTaz » Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:41:57 GMT
I doubt that the drive, itself, is the problem unless you've configured it as your startup drive, but it could be associated operations that are contributing to the problem. For example, if the drive is formatted for Journaling or if you have Time Machine set to back up to that drive it can slow things down. You might check in those directions as well as any settings for the drive [such as Energy Saving] which might be causing it to sleep more often than necessary. These are a few of the processes that can affect performance especially if the Excel files are stored on that drive. Also, it might not hurt to run Disk Utility - Repair Disk Permissions on your primary HD & make sure that OS X as well as Office are fully updated - you didn't give your specific update levels of either. -- HTH |:>) Bob Jones Office:Mac MVP
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