EXCEL 2007 Right clik options not working

[candygal]

"When I right Click in a cell, then click on "Format Cells" nothing happens.
The other "..." options show options to choose from, but "Format Cells" does
nothing!
Can someone help me, PLEASE!

 

[Spiky]

"When I right Click in a cell, then click on "Format Cells" nothing happens.
The other "..." options show options to choose from, but "Format Cells" does
nothing!
Can someone help me, PLEASE!

In the menu, is Format Cells black or grey? Does CTRL-1, or selecting
from the Format menu work? Is your sheet protected?

 

[candygal]

Spiky,
Format Cells is not Grayed Out and now seems to be working.

However, "Pick from a Drop Down List" is not grayed out and now that is not
working.

Now I recall that about 2 days ago "all Borders" was not working. Now that
is working.
Whew...what is going on?

Do not believe my sheet is proteted. How can I tell? I c n make other
changes and add data with no problem.

Sure appreciate your working with me.

 

[Spiky]

Spiky,
Format Cells is not Grayed Out and now seems to be working.

However, "Pick from a Drop Down List" is not grayed out and now that is not
working.

Now I recall that about 2 days ago "all Borders" was not working. Now that
is working.
Whew...what is going on?

Do not believe my sheet is proteted. How can I tell? I c n make other
changes and add data with no problem.

You can check protection by going to the menu item under Tools and see
if it says Unprotect or Protect, current state is the opposite. But it
doesn't sound like that's the issue.

I can't think of a reason why some of your Excel commands would not be
working from time to time. Maybe memory problems in the computer? Like
too many programs running. Or maybe part of the Excel install is
corrupted and needs to be re-installed.

 

[candygal]

Thanks again. I installed from MS Office Std. purchsed at Best Buy in Feb of
2008. Kind of wondering if you may be right that I may need to re-install?
What would I need to do to re-instll just EXCEL?
I am certainly no computer genius...just a Grandma trying to learn the system.

 

[Spiky]

Thanks again. I installed from MS Office Std. purchsed at Best Buy in Feb of
2008. Kind of wondering if you may be right that I may need to re-install?
What would I need to do to re-instll just EXCEL?
I am certainly no computer genius...just a Grandma trying to learn the system.

You probably have some free help you can get either from Best Buy or
Microsoft since you purchased it recently. It would be better with an
odd problem like this for someone to be working directly with you,
rather than relying on some comments on Usenet. I think
troubleshooting this kind of problem is beyond my expertise, anyway.
Good luck.

 

[candygal]

Spiky, You get an A+ from me. Thanks so much for your assistance.