Corupt excel file ???

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I have a excel file that seems to want to open, but then when it is done
opening, There is no data or blank sheet. It goes though the possess
and say's at the bottom ready opening but then there is nothing and the
screen look's like I just opened Excel but no spread sheet. I then can
go to file open another sheet and it works. (Not the one I wont) any
body help. of coarse we don’t have a backup??? Email:
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First, check to see if the file is actually loaded.

Click on Window and see if it appears at the bottom of the list.
If it does, maybe it's just off the visible screen.
Window|Arrange|tiled (and resize by hand)

If not, make sure that it's not hidden:
Under window, there's an option to Hide or Unhide (if something is hidden).

If you see "unhide", then unhide your workbook and save it unhidden.

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If none of that works, can you open the workbook via File|open (as opposed to
double clicking on it in windows explorer)?

If that works, then sometimes one of these works:

Close Excel and
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /unregserver
then
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /regserver

The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's
factory defaults.

An alternative might be to do:
Try Tools|Options|General|Ignore other applications (uncheck it)
 
It may be that the workbook has been saved as hidden. Open it and see if
you can do Window/Unhide.
 
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