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file saving

file saving

file saving

(OP)
Aqnyone know why when I try to save a new file it only saves it under the first letter of the file name. I have to then change the name to the full name I require.
Thanks

RE: file saving

When you save a new file, do you 'save' or 'save as'?

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RE: file saving

(OP)
It doesn't matter how I save it for the first time, it will only save the first letter

RE: file saving

What application is this?

Wheels within wheels / In a spiral array
A pattern so grand / And complex
Time after time / We lose sight of the way
Our causes can't see / Their effects.

RE: file saving

(OP)
Sorry - its excel (1997) on windows XP

RE: file saving

You may have set Excel to use DOS 8.3 compatible file names.  See if you can find that setting...

RE: file saving

(OP)
how would I find wether it is set to DOS 8.3, looking on the net suggests this still gives more than 1 letter?

RE: file saving

What happens if you save another file whose filename starts with the same letter?  Try saving under a filename 8 characters or less with no spaces.  If it were saving under DOS filenames, then Fileone.xls and Filetwo.xls would save as named.  File one.xls would save as File~1.xls and File two.xls saved next would save as File~2.xls.

RE: file saving

Sounds like somethig is seriously corrupted.  Excel97 works just fine with long file names.  And I have never heard of a Windows setting that limits file names to one letter.  Suggest that you completely uninstall/reinstall Office/Excel as well as a complete virus scan.

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(OP)
There is something I didn't like to mention, and that's on some workbooks I open a cell mysterisly appears with crhyptic notes in. I tried a virus scan but everything shows OK, I've also reinstalled office. Nothing else "SEEMS" wrong except those 2 glitches.

RE: file saving

Maybe try updating your virus definitions

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RE: file saving

(OP)
It's updated at 9 oclock every day

RE: file saving

Back in the ancient days of personal computers, cryptic stuff in spreadsheet (Visicalc) cells usually meant a bad memory chip.  With 64K total memory, you could even determine which chip to replace depending on where the bad cell was.

I haven't seen this in ages.  I think memory chips must be a lot more reliable than they used to be or operating systems automatically block out bad areas.

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