Re: Drop down menus not working when veiwing excel file in IE6

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From: Barney Evans (barneye_at_inductor.com)
Date: 04/19/04 

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 10:43:40 -0700

Robert, I have the problem as well with all machines running Windows 2000 or
XP with IE6. I tried your suggestion with no luck. This is a big problem for
my office as we use excel files on our intranet. Does anyone else have a
suggestion?

Thanks

Barney

"Robert Aldwinckle" <robald@techemail.com> wrote in message
news:%23TYwEcoIEHA.2688@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Does anyone know why/how/when this feature stopped working?
>
> Perhaps it uses a BHO? Did you recently follow others' suggestions
> about unchecking
> Enable third-party browser extensions (requires restart)
>
>
> ---
>
>
> "Lonnie" <lonniempaschall@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:70de13bb.0404121233.67d5274c@posting.google.com...
> > I have users running both Win2k and WinXP with Office XP, both fully
> > patched experiencing the following issue.
> >
> > When users open an excel file in IE some of the drop down menu items
> > do not work. The File menu works but Edit, View, Insert, Format,
> > Tools, Data,
> > and Adobe PDF buttons do nothing. The Go to, Favorites and Help along
> > with the File menus function.
> >
> > All the drop down menus were working fine up too a few weeks ago.
> >
> > I can open the spread*** within Excel (not in a browser) and the
> > buttons function correctly.
> >
> > Does anyone know why/how/when this feature stopped working? I get
> > nothing when I press any button except
> > the ones mentioned above. I am running Windows XP with Office XP and
> > the drop down menus work fine for me. I have other users who are
> > running the same OS, Office ver, and patch level that cannot use the
> > menus.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Lonnie Paschall
>
>
>

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