Excel is behaving strangely for no apparent reason.

My Excel has recently begun to bog down and even freeze up after performing
simple functions such as calculating formulae or drag-filling. Speaking of
drag-filling, sometimes it will fill the same text in all cells that I am
dragging through instead of filling a formula progressively throughout. Any
ideas why this might be happening? I recently loaded similar workbooks
written in different versions of Excel onto a USB drive and downloaded them
onto my computer to work on them. Might this be the cause and, if so, is
there a cure. Thanks in advance for your help.

Hi

I would recommend running "Detect & Repair" from under the Help menu option.

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Cheers
JulieD


julied_ng at hctsReMoVeThIs dot net dot au


"canyondude" wrote:

> My Excel has recently begun to bog down and even freeze up after performing
> simple functions such as calculating formulae or drag-filling. Speaking of
> drag-filling, sometimes it will fill the same text in all cells that I am
> dragging through instead of filling a formula progressively throughout. Any
> ideas why this might be happening? I recently loaded similar workbooks
> written in different versions of Excel onto a USB drive and downloaded them
> onto my computer to work on them. Might this be the cause and, if so, is
> there a cure. Thanks in advance for your help.

Thanks JulieD, I did that and it is still happening.

"JulieD" wrote:

> Hi
>
> I would recommend running "Detect & Repair" from under the Help menu option.
>
> --
> Cheers
> JulieD
>
>
> julied_ng at hctsReMoVeThIs dot net dot au
>
>
> "canyondude" wrote:
>
> > My Excel has recently begun to bog down and even freeze up after performing
> > simple functions such as calculating formulae or drag-filling. Speaking of
> > drag-filling, sometimes it will fill the same text in all cells that I am
> > dragging through instead of filling a formula progressively throughout. Any
> > ideas why this might be happening? I recently loaded similar workbooks
> > written in different versions of Excel onto a USB drive and downloaded them
> > onto my computer to work on them. Might this be the cause and, if so, is
> > there a cure. Thanks in advance for your help.

This may sound simple, but have you cleaned your Temp Internet files (including
offline) and cleaned out all of your TEMP directories? This can cause Excel to
bog at times.


"canyondude" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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: My Excel has recently begun to bog down and even freeze up after performing
: simple functions such as calculating formulae or drag-filling. Speaking of
: drag-filling, sometimes it will fill the same text in all cells that I am
: dragging through instead of filling a formula progressively throughout. Any
: ideas why this might be happening? I recently loaded similar workbooks
: written in different versions of Excel onto a USB drive and downloaded them
: onto my computer to work on them. Might this be the cause and, if so, is
: there a cure. Thanks in advance for your help.

Thank you Lady Layla. I appreciate you taking the time to post.
I have cleared my IE temp files, but I'm not sure that I know how to clear
the Temp Directories. Can you instruct me please? Thanks.

"Lady Layla" wrote:

> This may sound simple, but have you cleaned your Temp Internet files (including
> offline) and cleaned out all of your TEMP directories? This can cause Excel to
> bog at times.
>
>
> "canyondude" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> : My Excel has recently begun to bog down and even freeze up after performing
> : simple functions such as calculating formulae or drag-filling. Speaking of
> : drag-filling, sometimes it will fill the same text in all cells that I am
> : dragging through instead of filling a formula progressively throughout. Any
> : ideas why this might be happening? I recently loaded similar workbooks
> : written in different versions of Excel onto a USB drive and downloaded them
> : onto my computer to work on them. Might this be the cause and, if so, is
> : there a cure. Thanks in advance for your help.
>
>
>