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problem opening this excel file blank grey screen only??

problem opening this excel file blank grey screen only??

problem opening this excel file blank grey screen only??

(OP)
Folks
I am having problem opening an excel file. I get a blank grey screen when it opens with the file name of the document
I have tried opening it in safe mode, repair using all online help I could find.
Its really strange there is information within and if you open it with notepad you can see the scrambled text within.

I  really need to open it. I have also scannned it with avg antivirus. Also I looked at file properties  and tried to open it as a copy read only etc.

Can any one help??
Regards

vince

RE: problem opening this excel file blank grey screen only??

Are you looking at some grayed out cells?  In other words, are you at cell A1?  What happens if you zoom in / out?  Can you select anything?

RE: problem opening this excel file blank grey screen only??

Have you checked if columns/rows are hidden? Select all cells (top left corner of the worksheet, left of the A, above the 1) and then Format/Row/Unhide and Format/Column/Unhide.

Cheers,
Joerd

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