This one worked.

[webermis]

Or, choose Edit>Go To, click Special
Select Objects, click OK
Press the Delete key, to delete any objects that were selected.

It was a "word art" object that was somehow stuck and squished in the
spreadsheet. How it gets into my old excel files - I do not know. I never
even had a text box like this in this spreadsheet. Once the object is light
up (thanks to the above procedure) I can stretch it out and delete it.

How does this get imbedded like this?

Thanks,

webermis

 

[Debra Dalgleish]

Since it was squished, maybe it was accidentally copied from another
file, and you didn't notice it till later.