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Cannot add image to Header in Excel - Bad Request error
Another solution I found if you are working on the desktop app is to go into File>Options>General>Privacy Settings>and unclick turn on optional connected experiences. Once you get the picture in, you can turn it back on but you do have to restart office for each. I am teaching Excel and both one of my students and I had the same problem so it may be fairly common.
Another solution I found if you are working on the desktop app is to go into File>Options>General>Privacy Settings>and unclick turn on optional connected experiences. Once you get the picture in, you can turn it back on but you do have to restart office for each. I am teaching Excel and both one of my students and I had the same problem so it may be fairly common.
hskyesong- Thank you for the answer.
As additional information:
a. after un-clicking the optional connected experiences, and...
b. after clicking insert picture at the custom header dialogue box...
c. I receive a message that says... "The service required to use this feature is turned off. Check your privacy settings. -- Work offline / Cancel "
The message seems counter-intuitive.
Select "Work Offline", and then you can insert your image from a file.
My IT folks worked through this solution.
Thanks.
MGM
- Good workaround solution
hskyesong Thanks so very much for these instructions. This worked perfectly for me along with the addition of the "Click Work Offline" post just following yours. Appreciate the help!
@hskyesong thanks I had the same issue and this worked for me also.
The college I am working at was having internet issues so the Excel copy on there just hung with a white screen so I thought I would email the file to my own computer to add the image but then I had the bad request error whilst Excel also popped up a box asking how happy I was with Excel.
It's a bit rubbish that you need an internet connection just to insert a file from your local hard drive into a local Excel file also stored on your local hard drive!
- Amazing!
Many thanks. - thanks, It works for me
hskyesong Muito obrigado funcionou.
- Problema resolvido obrigado
