Corrupt excel file crashes

[Quan]

Does anybody have any reasons that a 97 Excel file might
become corrupt to the point where it crashes the Excel
program?

 

[David McRitchie]

Hi Quan,
Are there any messages or anything that you see, suggest going through

Excel Standard Troubleshooting, Mark Henri,
http://www.markhenri.com/excel/stdtroubleshooting.html

based on MS KB Q280504 - XL: How to Troubleshoot Startup Problems in Microsoft Excel
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;280504