Upgraded to Leopard, and Excel does not open

[Pilgrim]

Hi!
I just upgraded to Leopard, and my Excel fails to open. I must force
quit it, since it is not responding. The version is 11.3.7, and I
tried to upgrade. But the updaters also freezes when looking for
programmes to upgrade. Som here I am, stuck with a nice operating
system and without the programs I need for my work. Word also went
into a hangup shortly after I desperately opened an Excel file with
Word. Anyone have a solution to this?

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Hi Pilgrim,

I'm not aware of any Excel problems with Leopard, so let's start with the
routine kinds of solutions. Start at the top and work your way down:

http://mcgimpsey.com/macoffice/excel/troubleshooting.html

But even before doing these I would run DiskWarrior and see what it has to
say about things.

-Jim

Hi!
I just upgraded to Leopard, and my Excel fails to open. I must force
quit it, since it is not responding. The version is 11.3.7, and I
tried to upgrade. But the updaters also freezes when looking for
programmes to upgrade. Som here I am, stuck with a nice operating
system and without the programs I need for my work. Word also went
into a hangup shortly after I desperately opened an Excel file with
Word. Anyone have a solution to this?

--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

MVPs are not Microsoft Employees
MVP info

 

[Pilgrim]

Hello!

Excel and Word came back to life after I deleted preferences in the
library folder. I have not tested everything, but I hope Office 2004
will work as before. Thanks for your help!

 

[W2]

I had the same problem. Finally got it to open by opening Excel Chart
Gallery and then opening an existing spreadsheet. Now it works!

 

[W2]

By-the-the-way, I am using OS 10.5. Once you get Excel to open, there are no
more problems getting it to open.