Spreadsheet not displaying when I open it

[David Huie]

I have a large (2.5 Mb) spreadsheet that does not display on the desktop
when I open it. If I try to open it a second time, Excel pops up a
message indicating that the spreadsheet is already open even though I
cannot see it on the desktop.

Obviously something has become corrupted in this file. Does anyone
know how to fix this problem? I have many hours invested in this
spreadsheet and am desperate to recover it.

 

[davesexcel]

Maybe the workbook is hidden,
If you think the workbook is open, goto the windows menu and select
unhide, a list will appear, hopefully your workbook is there, select
it, and it should unhide...

 

[Dave Peterson]

If you do file|print preview, can you see anything?

If yes, then try
Window|Arrange|Tiled
and resize the way you want.

 

[MartinW]

Hi David,
Are sure it's not open and sitting in a minimised window at the bottom of
your screen? I know it sounds basic but I have been caught like that before,
(more times than I like to admit!) ;-)

 

[David Huie]

Thank you for the replies. No, the spreadsheet was not minimized.

Oddly enough, I was able to open the spreadsheet using Interne
Explorer and the resave it. I then was able to open it in Excel. Ver
odd. I have no idea what the issue was and have no idea how t
duplicate the problem. However, I have my spreadsheet back.

Thank you again