Problem with M S Excel

[harryh31]

Windows XP Home.......M S Office 2003

Could someone please explain the correct proceedure for copying a single file created in M S Excel, onto a floppy disc, ( so that only that single file exists on the floppy)

When I try to do this, and click on the file icon on the floppy disc , I get the M S Excel page (Blank but blue) ....click on file....and then ALL the files i've saved in excel, appear in the drop down menu.

I only want the file that I've saved at this time to be on the floppy.

It seems that when I click on the file icon on the floppy , I am being directed back to M S Excel on my PC.

I was under the impression that I had saved a particular file that had been created in M S Excel on to a floppy and also onto two memory sticks, as back up.....however I then decided to delete the file on the floppy.......and now I cannot get the file that I deleted on the floppy on either of the two memory sticks......

harryh31

[Ghost_Hacker]

The easiest method is simply to drag and drop the file using Windows Explorer or use the "save as " function in Excel.

The file you have on the floppy will open in Excel when you click on it, this is normal, but since it is blank when it opens I would check the size of the file on the floppy ( it should read something other then "0") to see if it was copied over correctly to begin with.

Hope this helps :)

[Paul Komski]

ALL the files i've saved in excel, appear in the drop down menuThat's a normal display from the excel MRU list. You will need an MRU list cleaner to remove the list, which remembers the last number of saves regardless of where they were saved-to.

It seems that when I click on the file icon on the floppy , I am being directed back to M S Excel on my PC.This too is normal. Opening any file from anywhere should open the default application - here excel. If you just want to select the file hold down the ctrl key and left click or else simply right click on it.

now I cannot get the file that I deleted on the floppy on either of the two memory sticksEither it was never copied in the first place or it has since been deleted from the memory stick(s).