Microsft Excel

[James_Ede]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel

I have been using Microsoft 2008 Excel for almost a month now, with few problems. However, when I tried to open excel today, the program crashes before fully opening. I have downloaded the update, and the program is still crashing.

In a final valiant effort, in my old PC habits, I uninstalled Microsoft 2008 from my comp, reinstalled and updated. The problem still exists... before excel opens, an error message opens and the document closes.

Please help!

 

[Clive Huggan]

Hello James,

You've posted this in a Word newsgroup. Although some people here use Excel,
you'd be much better off posting in the Excel for Mac newsgroup (use a more
specific subject and you'll improve your chances too).

Old PC habits of re-installing are not good on the Mac, with its very
different operating system from Windows -- in fact re-installing can often
make things worse, without affecting the preferences that can be the cause
of the problem. :-\

But with a bit of luck maybe you're no worse off! (said he cheerfully) ;-)

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from North America and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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[CyberTaz]

....And if you follow Clive's suggestion you might ask yourself the following
question before doing so:

"I wonder if it might be useful to someone trying to help me to know *what
the error message states*?"

Also, *How* are you launching: Doc icon, Application icon, double-clicking a
file? Is the behavior different with one way than another?

Did you install the recent OS X updates? If so did you repair disk
permissions afterward?

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[James_Ede]

Thanks for your help. I will try reposting.