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SummersFabricCrafts
Jul 20, 2021Copper Contributor
Options won't open in files on Excel
Hi, I'm trying to hide zero values in excel spread sheet. I've selected files>Options but when I do I get taken back to the same worksheet. Nothing is opening and I can't continue to advanced...
- Jan 29, 2022I had the same problem several people in this thread described. I managed to solve it the following way:
1) Close all open Excel files.
2) Go to `Start` and type `Excel` in the search box.
3) Click on the Excel icon to open the application.
4) When Excel opens and prompts you to select a file, don't open any file (nor create a new one).
5) Go to the bottom left and select `Options`.
6) The `Excel Options` windows will now pop up and you can modify the Excel options.
I hope this helps any other people facing the same issue in the future.
leobeeson
Jan 29, 2022Brass Contributor
I had the same problem several people in this thread described. I managed to solve it the following way:
1) Close all open Excel files.
2) Go to `Start` and type `Excel` in the search box.
3) Click on the Excel icon to open the application.
4) When Excel opens and prompts you to select a file, don't open any file (nor create a new one).
5) Go to the bottom left and select `Options`.
6) The `Excel Options` windows will now pop up and you can modify the Excel options.
I hope this helps any other people facing the same issue in the future.
1) Close all open Excel files.
2) Go to `Start` and type `Excel` in the search box.
3) Click on the Excel icon to open the application.
4) When Excel opens and prompts you to select a file, don't open any file (nor create a new one).
5) Go to the bottom left and select `Options`.
6) The `Excel Options` windows will now pop up and you can modify the Excel options.
I hope this helps any other people facing the same issue in the future.
KathyV77
Feb 14, 2023Copper Contributor
leobeeson This worked for me except for one additional step. When I got to the last step and had the formula box open, the option to use iteration was gray-scaled out with a message that I could not change it because I didn't have an excel spreadsheet open. So I went to my files menu and opened up the excel spreadsheet I wanted to apply this to (with this formula window still open) and then it allowed me to check the box to allow the iteration.