Excel 2008 Crashing repeatedly

[Nate1604]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

I have been using OfficeMac 2008 for about a year now. I have an (original) Macbook Pro Laptop with Leopard V. 10.5.6, 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 2 GB of Memory.
All my updates appear to be current, and I do have the 12.1.5 update installed for the Office suite.
I have also been using FileMaker Pro 10 for several months.

Yesterday, I was working on a database project which involves importing and exporting numerous data sets between Excel and FileMaker Pro. Yesterday evening, Excel started crashing and generating the below error report, which has never happened to me before. After Excel re-started itself, it automatically opens the last file I was working with, and then it crashes again as soon as I try to click any button in the Excel menu. I am pulling my hair out trying to figure out what might be wrong. Powerpoint, Word and Entourage all still appear to work just fine. Any suggestions??

Microsoft Error Reporting log version: 2.0

Error Signature:
Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS
Date/Time: 2009-03-04 08:24:32 -0800
Application Name: Microsoft Excel
Application Bundle ID: com.microsoft.Excel
Application Signature: XCEL
Application Version: 12.1.5.081119
Crashed Module Name: CoreFoundation
Crashed Module Version: unknown
Crashed Module Offset: 0x00075584
Blame Module Name: CoreFoundation
Blame Module Version: unknown
Blame Module Offset: 0x00075584
Application LCID: 1033
Extra app info: Reg=en Loc=0x0409

Thread 0 crashed:

# 1 0x90686584 in .objc_class_name___NSCFSet + 0x9053B644 (CoreFoundation + 0x00075584)
# 2 0x014e5085 in _McpCopyFontMenu + 0x000006A3 (MicrosoftComponentPlugin + 0x0007d085)
# 3 0x014e5dc9 in _McpMruDisplayGetNumEntries + 0x0000010D (MicrosoftComponentPlugin + 0x0007ddc9)
# 4 0x014e6262 in _McpMruDisplayGetNumEntries + 0x000005A6 (MicrosoftComponentPlugin + 0x0007e262)
# 5 0x014e64e5 in _McpMruDisplayRefresh + 0x000000BD (MicrosoftComponentPlugin + 0x0007e4e5)
# 6 0x00178eae in __mh_execute_header + 0x00177EAE (Microsoft Excel + 0x00177eae)
# 7 0x00615afb in __mh_execute_header + 0x00614AFB (Microsoft Excel + 0x00614afb)
# 8 0x01a7726c in _MsoFCreateToolbarSet + 0x00000E7C (MicrosoftOffice + 0x0033d26c)
# 9 0x01a774aa in _MsoFCreateToolbarSet + 0x000010BA (MicrosoftOffice + 0x0033d4aa)
# 10 0x014f3d61 in _McpFCreateControl + 0x00001D47 (MicrosoftComponentPlugin + 0x0008bd61)
# 11 0x014f2706 in _McpFCreateControl + 0x000006EC (MicrosoftComponentPlugin + 0x0008a706)
# 12 0x01537e96 in _McpCreateControlContainer + 0x00003780 (MicrosoftComponentPlugin + 0x000cfe96)
# 13 0x0153842e in _McpCreateControlContainer + 0x00003D18 (MicrosoftComponentPlugin + 0x000d042e)
# 14 0x91f2c143 in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x91C01503 (HIToolbox + 0x00008143)
# 15 0x91f2b57d in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x91C0093D (HIToolbox + 0x0000757d)
# 16 0x91f2b3e2 in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x91C007A2 (HIToolbox + 0x000073e2)
# 17 0x91f6fff9 in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x91C453B9 (HIToolbox + 0x0004bff9)
# 18 0x91f84f23 in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x91C5A2E3 (HIToolbox + 0x00060f23)
# 19 0x9203d339 in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x91D126F9 (HIToolbox + 0x00119339)
# 20 0x9590fcd7 in .objc_class_name_SCTBackgroundView + 0x958E3557 (Shortcut + 0x00013cd7)
# 21 0x9590fd10 in .objc_class_name_SCTBackgroundView + 0x958E3590 (Shortcut + 0x00013d10)
# 22 0x958fec3f in .objc_class_name_SCTBackgroundView + 0x958D24BF (Shortcut + 0x00002c3f)
# 23 0x958feb99 in .objc_class_name_SCTBackgroundView + 0x958D2419 (Shortcut + 0x00002b99)
# 24 0x95907445 in .objc_class_name_SCTBackgroundView + 0x958DACC5 (Shortcut + 0x0000b445)
# 25 0x91f2c143 in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x91C01503 (HIToolbox + 0x00008143)
# 26 0x91f2b57d in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x91C0093D (HIToolbox + 0x0000757d)
# 27 0x91f2b3e2 in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x91C007A2 (HIToolbox + 0x000073e2)
# 28 0x9

 

[scott_barrie]

I have the same problem - have been using OfficeMAC 2008 since last May and no problems. About 3 weeks ago Excel started crashing all the time.
It seems like there are a lot of posts with this same issue however I've not seen any definitive solutions.

 

[scott_barrie]

I am running with the latest updated ver 12.1.5 and have replicated the error. I open a file, deleted a row using the menu and mousepad and then used the arrow key to move to another cell and it crashed. The only other application open was Firefox. Here is my error message:

Microsoft Error Reporting log version: 2.0

Error Signature:
Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS
Date/Time: 2009-03-04 14:50:16 -0500
Application Name: Microsoft Excel
Application Bundle ID: com.microsoft.Excel
Application Signature: XCEL
Application Version: 12.1.5.081119
Crashed Module Name: libobjc.A.dylib
Crashed Module Version: unknown
Crashed Module Offset: 0x00015688
Blame Module Name: libobjc.A.dylib
Blame Module Version: unknown
Blame Module Offset: 0x00015688
Application LCID: 1033
Extra app info: Reg=en Loc=0x0409

Thread 0 crashed:

# 1 0x969ed688 in .objc_class_name_List + 0x968E5548 (libobjc.A.dylib + 0x00015688)
# 2 0x01567ed9 in _McpCchCFStringGetRgwch + 0x00000023 (MicrosoftComponentPlugin + 0x000ffed9)
# 3 0x015688c9 in _McpCchWzFromCFString + 0x00000027 (MicrosoftComponentPlugin + 0x001008c9)
# 4 0x01568919 in _McpWzFromCFString + 0x0000001F (MicrosoftComponentPlugin + 0x00100919)
# 5 0x014e507a in _McpCopyFontMenu + 0x00000698 (MicrosoftComponentPlugin + 0x0007d07a)
# 6 0x014e5dc9 in _McpMruDisplayGetNumEntries + 0x0000010D (MicrosoftComponentPlugin + 0x0007ddc9)
# 7 0x014e6262 in _McpMruDisplayGetNumEntries + 0x000005A6 (MicrosoftComponentPlugin + 0x0007e262)
# 8 0x014e64e5 in _McpMruDisplayRefresh + 0x000000BD (MicrosoftComponentPlugin + 0x0007e4e5)
# 9 0x00178eae in __mh_execute_header + 0x00177EAE (Microsoft Excel + 0x00177eae)
# 10 0x00615afb in __mh_execute_header + 0x00614AFB (Microsoft Excel + 0x00614afb)
# 11 0x01a7726c in _MsoFCreateToolbarSet + 0x00000E7C (MicrosoftOffice + 0x0033d26c)
# 12 0x01a774aa in _MsoFCreateToolbarSet + 0x000010BA (MicrosoftOffice + 0x0033d4aa)
# 13 0x014f3d61 in _McpFCreateControl + 0x00001D47 (MicrosoftComponentPlugin + 0x0008bd61)
# 14 0x014f2706 in _McpFCreateControl + 0x000006EC (MicrosoftComponentPlugin + 0x0008a706)
# 15 0x01537e96 in _McpCreateControlContainer + 0x00003780 (MicrosoftComponentPlugin + 0x000cfe96)
# 16 0x0153842e in _McpCreateControlContainer + 0x00003D18 (MicrosoftComponentPlugin + 0x000d042e)
# 17 0x955a2143 in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x95277503 (HIToolbox + 0x00008143)
# 18 0x955a157d in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x9527693D (HIToolbox + 0x0000757d)
# 19 0x955a13e2 in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x952767A2 (HIToolbox + 0x000073e2)
# 20 0x955e5ff9 in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x952BB3B9 (HIToolbox + 0x0004bff9)
# 21 0x955e5ecb in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x952BB28B (HIToolbox + 0x0004becb)
# 22 0x955e5534 in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x952BA8F4 (HIToolbox + 0x0004b534)
# 23 0x955e5dc1 in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x952BB181 (HIToolbox + 0x0004bdc1)
# 24 0x955e4d52 in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x952BA112 (HIToolbox + 0x0004ad52)
# 25 0x955e49b1 in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x952B9D71 (HIToolbox + 0x0004a9b1)
# 26 0x955e46fd in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x952B9ABD (HIToolbox + 0x0004a6fd)
# 27 0x9569cb36 in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x95371EF6 (HIToolbox + 0x00102b36)
# 28 0x955a2651 in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x95277A11 (HIToolbox + 0x00008651)
# 29 0x955a2143 in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x95277503 (HIToolbox + 0x00008143)
# 30 0x955a157d in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x9527693D (HIToolbox + 0x0000757d)
# 31 0x955a13e2 in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x952767A2 (HIToolbox + 0x000073e2)
# 32 0x955d0307 in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x952A56C7 (HIToolbox + 0x00036307)
# 33 0x955a24fc in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x952778BC (HIToolbox + 0x000084fc)
# 34 0x955a157d in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x9527693D (HIToolbox + 0x0000757d)
# 35 0x955bded2 in .objc_class_name_I