Worksheet Buttons (Save, Save As, Cut, Paste, etc.) Not Working

95% of these buttons are not showing as "active"; restarted Excel; rebooted
the machine (XP, Excel 2003), still not working. Can't save, can't work on
any worksheets. They are not protected.

Is this a New workbook or one you've Opened?

--
Rob van Gelder - http://www.vangelder.co.nz/excel


"SuzieQ12345" <SuzieQ12345@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3DA89DAD-EAF3-4520-8FA7-D3EE5176FA1C@microsoft.com...
> 95% of these buttons are not showing as "active"; restarted Excel;
> rebooted
> the machine (XP, Excel 2003), still not working. Can't save, can't work
> on
> any worksheets. They are not protected.

No, these are existing worksheets - but I tried it on new ones as well, same
problem. A little scary - can't use Excel w/o all of these buttons.

"Rob van Gelder" wrote:

> Is this a New workbook or one you've Opened?
>
> --
> Rob van Gelder - http://www.vangelder.co.nz/excel
>
>
> "SuzieQ12345" <SuzieQ12345@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3DA89DAD-EAF3-4520-8FA7-D3EE5176FA1C@microsoft.com...
> > 95% of these buttons are not showing as "active"; restarted Excel;
> > rebooted
> > the machine (XP, Excel 2003), still not working. Can't save, can't work
> > on
> > any worksheets. They are not protected.
>
>
>

Hi

is it possible that your copy of excel has not been activated (in some
countries activation was introduced in version 2000 in others ver 2002)

Cheers
JulieD

"SuzieQ12345" <SuzieQ12345@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4D3A9376-CF03-42F9-88B6-4140BF964B60@microsoft.com...
> No, these are existing worksheets - but I tried it on new ones as well,
> same
> problem. A little scary - can't use Excel w/o all of these buttons.
>
> "Rob van Gelder" wrote:
>
>> Is this a New workbook or one you've Opened?
>>
>> --
>> Rob van Gelder - http://www.vangelder.co.nz/excel
>>
>>
>> "SuzieQ12345" <SuzieQ12345@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:3DA89DAD-EAF3-4520-8FA7-D3EE5176FA1C@microsoft.com...
>> > 95% of these buttons are not showing as "active"; restarted Excel;
>> > rebooted
>> > the machine (XP, Excel 2003), still not working. Can't save, can't
>> > work
>> > on
>> > any worksheets. They are not protected.
>>
>>
>>

How do I activate? It asks me each time I log on if I want to activate (not
sure if that's the exact wording) but if I go out to the internet, it says
I've tried to do it too many times (not sure if that's the exact language of
the error message - it's not up on the machine now).

"JulieD" wrote:

> Hi
>
> is it possible that your copy of excel has not been activated (in some
> countries activation was introduced in version 2000 in others ver 2002)
>
> Cheers
> JulieD
>
> "SuzieQ12345" <SuzieQ12345@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4D3A9376-CF03-42F9-88B6-4140BF964B60@microsoft.com...
> > No, these are existing worksheets - but I tried it on new ones as well,
> > same
> > problem. A little scary - can't use Excel w/o all of these buttons.
> >
> > "Rob van Gelder" wrote:
> >
> >> Is this a New workbook or one you've Opened?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Rob van Gelder - http://www.vangelder.co.nz/excel
> >>
> >>
> >> "SuzieQ12345" <SuzieQ12345@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:3DA89DAD-EAF3-4520-8FA7-D3EE5176FA1C@microsoft.com...
> >> > 95% of these buttons are not showing as "active"; restarted Excel;
> >> > rebooted
> >> > the machine (XP, Excel 2003), still not working. Can't save, can't
> >> > work
> >> > on
> >> > any worksheets. They are not protected.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Hi

it's been a LONG time since i activated something, but i think there's an
activate via phone option rather than via the internet - maybe give that a
go?

Cheers
julieD

"SuzieQ12345" <SuzieQ12345@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:33030160-D596-46D7-8B5F-B374CA67AA38@microsoft.com...
> How do I activate? It asks me each time I log on if I want to activate
> (not
> sure if that's the exact wording) but if I go out to the internet, it says
> I've tried to do it too many times (not sure if that's the exact language
> of
> the error message - it's not up on the machine now).
>
> "JulieD" wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> is it possible that your copy of excel has not been activated (in some
>> countries activation was introduced in version 2000 in others ver 2002)
>>
>> Cheers
>> JulieD
>>
>> "SuzieQ12345" <SuzieQ12345@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4D3A9376-CF03-42F9-88B6-4140BF964B60@microsoft.com...
>> > No, these are existing worksheets - but I tried it on new ones as well,
>> > same
>> > problem. A little scary - can't use Excel w/o all of these buttons.
>> >
>> > "Rob van Gelder" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Is this a New workbook or one you've Opened?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Rob van Gelder - http://www.vangelder.co.nz/excel
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "SuzieQ12345" <SuzieQ12345@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:3DA89DAD-EAF3-4520-8FA7-D3EE5176FA1C@microsoft.com...
>> >> > 95% of these buttons are not showing as "active"; restarted Excel;
>> >> > rebooted
>> >> > the machine (XP, Excel 2003), still not working. Can't save, can't
>> >> > work
>> >> > on
>> >> > any worksheets. They are not protected.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>