File won't open

We are using Windows 2000 and Excel 2002. A user was
working in an Excel file. She is not sure what she
clicked on, but the file disappeared. When she tries to
open it, it opens the Excel program, but does not open any
workbook or file. It just stays at the application window
with the gray screen.

I have run an office repair but that didn't seem to help
any. Can anyone offer any suggestions?

Thank you for your time.

"Kelly" <Khilton@silvhosp.org> wrote in message
news:1a63901c44e5c$9f046680$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> We are using Windows 2000 and Excel 2002. A user was
> working in an Excel file. She is not sure what she
> clicked on, but the file disappeared. When she tries to
> open it, it opens the Excel program, but does not open any
> workbook or file. It just stays at the application window
> with the gray screen.

Hi Kelly,

It's possible that she hid the workbook and saved it that way by
accident. After you open the file, choose Window/Unhide from the Excel menu
and see if that workbook shows up on the list of hidden workbooks. If so,
you can unhide it from there.

--
Rob Bovey, MCSE, MCSD, Excel MVP
Application Professionals
http://www.appspro.com/

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>-----Original Message-----
>"Kelly" <Khilton@silvhosp.org> wrote in message
>news:1a63901c44e5c$9f046680$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> We are using Windows 2000 and Excel 2002. A user was
>> working in an Excel file. She is not sure what she
>> clicked on, but the file disappeared. When she tries to
>> open it, it opens the Excel program, but does not open
any
>> workbook or file. It just stays at the application
window
>> with the gray screen.
>
>Hi Kelly,
>
> It's possible that she hid the workbook and saved it
that way by
>accident. After you open the file, choose Window/Unhide
from the Excel menu
>and see if that workbook shows up on the list of hidden
workbooks. If so,
>you can unhide it from there.
>
>--
>Rob Bovey, MCSE, MCSD, Excel MVP
>Application Professionals
>http://www.appspro.com/
>
>* Please post all replies to this newsgroup *
>* I delete all unsolicited e-mail responses *
>
>Thank you very much. That fixed it.
>.
>