"Program has performed illegal operation..."

[Art Boyd]

While working in Excel 2000, if I don't save frequently
what I've typed in a sheet, invariably the error
message "Program has performed an illegal operation and
will be shut down" will appear and if I haven't saved
regularly every 10-15 rows or columns of info, it will be
lost and I have to shut down my computer and reboot every
time before restarting Excel.

Can anyone help me with this problem??

Thanks,
Art Boyd

 

[Jan Karel Pieterse]

Hi Art,

While working in Excel 2000, if I don't save frequently
what I've typed in a sheet, invariably the error
message "Program has performed an illegal operation and
will be shut down" will appear and if I haven't saved
regularly every 10-15 rows or columns of info, it will be
lost and I have to shut down my computer and reboot every
time before restarting Excel.

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