Re: 2007 Opening Files Issue

Nope - that didn't fix it. Thanks for thinking :)

"Mike Middleton" wrote:

JeffreyBee and Richard -

In Excel 2007, maybe it's the following:

Office Button > Excel Options > Advanced > scroll down to General > Ignore
other applications that use DDE

- Mike
http://www.mikemiddleton.com


"RichardSchollar" <richardschollar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Jeff

A similar(ish) problem can exist in Xl2003 which is cured by going
Tools>options>General tab and making sure the "Ignore other
applications" checkbox is unchecked.

However, I am afraid I have no idea whether a similar option structure
is maintained in xl2007, but it might be worth having a search around.

Hope this helps!

Richard



On 24 Jan, 13:09, JeffreyBee <Jeffrey...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Excel 2007

I have a short cut on my desktop that points to an Excel file saved in My
Documents. When I double-click the short cut it starts the application
but
the file does not open. However if I click on the Office button (just
the
Office button and nothing else) the spread*** opens. I did not
experience
this in 2003. Just another of the many blessings brought on with 2007.

I have made My Documents a trusted location, have tried saving it in the
97-2003 format and 2007 format (.xlsx). Still the same problem.

Any thoughts on what might be causing this and how to fix it?

Thanks for any help.




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