Spreadsheet too long and too high for desktop

[Selondoner]

Hi,

I am working on an eMac OSX 10.3.9 with Excel X for Mac, service
release 1. We regularly have the problem where a spreadsheet document
opens but you cannot get to the top or bottom of it. I have tried
changing the screen resolution in the hope that it is just beyond the
current resolution but that has not solved the problem - is there
anything else I can do? I am assuming this is a common bug/issue.

Thank you for reading.

 

[JE McGimpsey]

First, consider, if you haven't already, updating to Office v.X 10.1.6
by downloading the updater at Mactopia:

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx

Note that Office v.X doesn't display the specific version number in the
About dialog (something that was changed with Office 2004). You can find
out which updates you've applied here:

http://www.mcgimpsey.com/macoffice/office/vxversions.html

For your problem, the most likely cause is the toolbars at the top have
become undocked - it's very easy in XLv.X. Try moving them slightly and
see if they snap to the dock (and the sheet drops underneath). If you
want to make it impossible to undock the toolbar(s), see

http://www.mcgimpsey.com/macoffice/excel/locktoolbars.html

Once the top of the window is visible, click the window resize button.

If that's not the problem, choose the Window/Arrange menu item to reset
the window sizes.