Spreadsheet Don't save properly

Hello,

I have a user who owns a big spreadsheet, which records all of our company
cars and their number plates etc. On occasions, something quite odd happens
to the spreadsheet when it's saved. For instance, recently a member of
staff was allocated a new car. His name was taken from the old car and put
against the new car. However, after saving and reopening the spreadsheet,
his name still appears on the the old vehicle.

Can anyone think why this may be happening?

To give you a bit more info, the O/S is W2K Pro SP4 with Excel 2000. The
document is saved on a shared network drive and is used by two users.

Thanks in Advance

Paul

Hi Paul,

I am sure that this is not what you want to hear, but I am morally convinced
that this is not an O/S or Application problem, This happens because of bad
developer design, poor user training or user stupidity - I would bet your
bank balance on it.

Poor design / user error -It was the gremlins night off!


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Regards,
Norman



"?" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I have a user who owns a big spreadsheet, which records all of our company
> cars and their number plates etc. On occasions, something quite odd
> happens to the spreadsheet when it's saved. For instance, recently a
> member of staff was allocated a new car. His name was taken from the old
> car and put against the new car. However, after saving and reopening the
> spreadsheet, his name still appears on the the old vehicle.
>
> Can anyone think why this may be happening?
>
> To give you a bit more info, the O/S is W2K Pro SP4 with Excel 2000. The
> document is saved on a shared network drive and is used by two users.
>
> Thanks in Advance
>
> Paul
>

I thought someone may say that. I haven't been able to physically see this
happen myself.
I guess I'll just have to go and call the user stupid!

Thank though

"Norman Jones" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi Paul,
>
> I am sure that this is not what you want to hear, but I am morally
> convinced that this is not an O/S or Application problem, This happens
> because of bad developer design, poor user training or user stupidity - I
> would bet your bank balance on it.
>
> Poor design / user error -It was the gremlins night off!
>
>
> ---
> Regards,
> Norman
>
>
>
> "?" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a user who owns a big spreadsheet, which records all of our
>> company cars and their number plates etc. On occasions, something quite
>> odd happens to the spreadsheet when it's saved. For instance, recently a
>> member of staff was allocated a new car. His name was taken from the old
>> car and put against the new car. However, after saving and reopening the
>> spreadsheet, his name still appears on the the old vehicle.
>>
>> Can anyone think why this may be happening?
>>
>> To give you a bit more info, the O/S is W2K Pro SP4 with Excel 2000. The
>> document is saved on a shared network drive and is used by two users.
>>
>> Thanks in Advance
>>
>> Paul
>>
>
>