file saving

[scarecrow55]

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.
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[ctopher]

Not sure, but sounds like a Windows setting.

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[CajunCenturion]

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

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[scarecrow55]

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

 

[analogkid2digitalman]

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.

 

[scarecrow55]

Sorry - its excel (1997) on windows XP

 

[IFRs]

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

 

[scarecrow55]

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

 

[jghrist]

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.

 

[SWComposites]

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.

 

[scarecrow55]

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.

 

[electricpete]

Maybe try updating your virus definitions

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[jghrist]

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.