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Article #1475Deep weirdness with Excel 2.2a
From: Michael O'Dell
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 12:25
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 12:25
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I tried to install excel 3.0 and after throwing away 2.2a and then discovering 3.0 doesn't run on my machine, I reinstalled 2.2a. DEEEP WEIRDNESS!!!! It seems like it isn't the same program. whey I put a number into a cell in an existing worksheet, the "return" key inserts a newline!! any keyboard equivalent I use for a menu item gets a "No cells found" dialog. when I try to clear a cell, I get a new dialog asking me which stuff to clear. Even worse, when it starts up, it sits for a minute or two after having drawn a blank forumula bar, and then when the "EXCEL" herald dialog comes up, it sits again for a minute or so, completely silent. at first I thought the machine was crashing, but if you let it sit long enough, it comes back to life. this is all VERY strange. config: Plus with 4 megs memory and a Dove Marathon 030 upgrade all these problems occur regardless of whether the accelerator is engaged, howeer, before the 3.0 fiasco, 2.2a was running just fine with the accelerator. even more weird, I got a copy of the old 2.2 Excel binary off a backup tape and it was still hosed. So, any insights would be deeply appreciated. Please send email to mo@bellcore.com -Mike Bellcore?? Bellcore isn't allowed opinions. Any found here are mine.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!walter!gizmo!mo From: mo@gizmo.bellcore.com (Michael O'Dell) Subject: Deep weirdness with Excel 2.2a Message-ID: <1992Apr9.122555.20571@walter.bellcore.com> Sender: news@walter.bellcore.com Nntp-Posting-Host: gizmo Reply-To: mo@bellcore.com (Michael O'Dell) Organization: Center for Chaotic Repeatabilty Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 12:25:55 GMT