Microsoft's MS Excel Errors

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Summary: Microsoft’s suite of productivity tools known as Microsoft Office contains powerful software programs such as Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. These programs get put through their paces on a regular basis. Because of their shared components, extensive use in day-to-day operations, Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel, along with the other programs in MS Office, are prone to the occasional program error.

Additional Excel Error Repair Tips: When MSExcel won’t work properly, you’re likely to be in somewhat of a panic. This software didn’t come cheap and would be expensive to replace. But never fear, most MS Excel program errors are easily fixed. In fact, using the built-in repair utility that comes with MS Office products version 2000 and above, repairing MS Excel program errors is only a few keystrokes away.

First, make sure the errors you are getting are program errors, not file errors. If the program runs fine but fails with only a specific file, you may have a file error and the following steps won’t help.

Next, make sure you have the MS Office or MS Excel program installation discs available. These discs are a vital tool in the repair process because MS Office’s repair utility actually replaces damaged or missing program files with clean, original copies found on these discs. You may also need to re-key the CD key and reactivate the software.

Now that you know repair is possible, how do you do it? Simple, just click on the “Help” menu from any of the MS Office products. Even if MS Excel won’t open, you can use the Help menu in MS Word. Choose “Detect and Repair” from the Help’s submenu. Once you do this, a small dialogue box appears asking if you want to keep your custom settings or default back to the default settings. Custom settings include the animated office assistant character, custom toolbars, layouts, shortcuts, recently used programs and other settings you may have made since the original install. Make your choice and the Windows Installer will launch.

During the Windows Installer’s portion, it will look like a typical installation but you don’t need to worry, this is how it looks but it’s merely scanning for damaged files, missing files and invalid registry keys. If it finds any of these issues, Detect and Repair will replace those items with fresh copies from the installation discs. Stand by to insert the discs as instructed and follow the prompts.

Once complete, your MSExcel program should be error free. If not, try a complete reinstall of MS Excel or MS Office. Doing the reinstall will overwrite your custom settings but your data should be safe and sound in your folder of choice such as “My Documents”.

If neither of these steps rid your MS Excel of the program error, then it’s time to let your fingers do the walking – across the keyboard that is. Head on over to Microsoft’s website and check their knowledge base for articles about your MS Excel program error. The best part about using the knowledge base is you can use their search function to search for the exact phrase that your error message contains. This narrows down the result to display only pages that are relevant to the MS Excel program error you are currently experiencing.

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