My Excel file won't close on my Mac

[Cian_Flood]

Version: 2008 Hi -

I have an excel file open on my mac and i can't close it - I can't save it - I can do anything with it - all the functions on the tool bar have adopted ghost functionality. I've tried to open the file again and this message appears:

'A dialog or alert is currently open. close the dialog or alert and open the file again.'

I can't close the file though -

Any thoughts? Thanks for your help.

Cian

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

Version: 2008 Hi -

I have an excel file open on my mac and i can't close it - I can't save
it - I can do anything with it - all the functions on the tool bar have
adopted ghost functionality. I've tried to open the file again and this
message appears:

'A dialog or alert is currently open. close the dialog or alert and open
the file again.'

I can't close the file though -

Any thoughts? Thanks for your help.

Cian

Is there anything else in the Window menu? Can you drag the window
partly off the screen to see what may be behind it?

 

[Cian_Flood]

Hi Bob

Thanks - I managed to force the close.

Problem solved

 

[jc2112mac]

Cian:

What did u do to Force Quit, and is this universal for all applications?
Thanks!

- jeff

 

[Phillip Jones, C.E.T.]

to force quit anything even finder on Macintosh hold down
Command()-Option/alt keys , then press *esc* key. a menu comes up.
click on one you want to quit.