bamaboy473

I'm getting error message saying that I have 6 spreadsheets open and I need to close one of them before I can get into it again.

The problem is how to get into the program around that error message that's blocking access.

The underlying problem is how I have 6 open when I was only working on one of them?



Anybody?

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Mersiles

I'm not sure if this is your issue but could it be that Works is counting the "sheets" in the xls? I am not familiar with Works but I do know it is a scaled down version of Office.

If the spreasheet was created in Excel and has multiple sheets (tabs on the bottom), this might be your issue.

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bamaboy473

It's in Works, not Excel. There are no tabs, and that's what's strange about the message that suggests I've reached the limit of some memory function.

At this point I click on the Spreadsheet icon and can't open it; nothing that that message with the Catch 22 phrase.

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bamaboy473

Re-booted the computer and I can now open Works...but the worry lingers about if or when it's going to happen again. Any ideas would be appreciated.

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redneck joe

if using for business and your work goes outside your computer, you really need to get Office and quit using Works.

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SurfFishLife

If you get the Student Version of Office, it's a boatload cheaper. It comes with Excel, and will do whatever you need.

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toby10

Yes, you can get it cheaper IF you are or know someone who is a student.

One caveat with that, you only get 2 distinct downloads. At least that was the restriction when I purchased mine a number of years ago.

Pallasi

MS Works is still around??

An alternative to paying for (or stealing) a copy of MS Office is a free download of LibreOffice:

http://www.libreoffice.org/download/

I have to use MS Office at work, but I use LibreOffice at home. I keep a copy handy at work since LibreOffice is pretty good at opening and fixing MS Office docs when MS Office starts throwing out weird errors.

Irish Harmony

Use Open Office
http://www.openoffice.org/

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