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My spreadsheet vanished when I pressed Alt + H + W - HELP?! How do I undo andget my spreadsheet back
My font was overflowing into different columns/cells so I googled how to get them to confine to one cell and microsoft.com said to press Alt + H + W. I did that on the column and my entire spreadsheet vanished. Most of the main tabs at the top are un-highlited and not clickable (Home, Insert, Page Layout, Formulas, Data, etc). I dont want to save because I'm afraid it would save this mess over my many years worth of data entry, but I also dont want to lose the 3 hours worth of data entry I did just before this happened. Any help or suggestions??
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I suspect that you pressed Alt+W, H by accident. This hides the window.
To unhide, press Alt+W, U or click Unhide on the View tab of the ribbon.
Select the workbook, then click OK.
Thanks a lot, I was at a loss when my Excel data became invisible, but following your guidance, I successfully retrieved it. Thank you so much for your help, and my gratitude also extends to the person who posed such a helpful question. Thank you once again.
HansVogelaar The entire workbook vanished. What do I do?
Have you tried to unhide it, as described above?
HansVogelaar you saved my life hans..how would i thank you
Glad it helped. Your kind words are all the thanks I need.
