I'm not sure there is one.

Each version of excel seems to be sensitive to different levels of corruption.
Usually, the newer versions can handle it better than the earlier version--but
not always.

You may want to try rebuilding the workbook to see if that helps.

Desperate Don wrote:
>
> "Dave Peterson" wrote:
>
> > I don't understand how auto-recovery would affect your problem (I'd suspect a
> > coincidence if I were a betting person).
> >
> > But it sounds like the workbook is corrupted to me.
> >
> > Lots of people have praised OpenOffice.org for saving their data and code.
> >
> > http://www.openoffice.org, a 60-65 meg download or a CD
> >
> > There are commercial recovery services. I've never used it, but you might want
> > to check into:
> > http://www.officerecovery.com
> >
> > Desperate Don wrote:
> > >
> > > When I open an Excel workbook in Excel 2003, I occasionally get the message:
> > >
> > > "Errors were detected in file 'path\Accounts.xls'
> > > "The following is a list of repairs:
> > >
> > > "PivotTable report 'PivotTable1' on '[Accounts.xls]Analysis ex VAT' was
> > > discarded due to integrity problems.W"
> > >
> > > I note there appears to be a fix for Excel XP (SP3) but I can't find a
> > > solution for Excel 2003. This problem did not occur with Excel 2000.
> > >
> > > A solution for Excel XP was to turn off auto-recover, but I don't want to do
> > > that.
> > > Any ideas?
> >
> > --
> >
> > Dave Peterson
> >
>
> Thanks for reply. I can recover the Pivot Table by re-doing it. I'd like a
> fix to stop it happening in the first place, such as that provided for Excel
> XP in SP3.

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Dave Peterson