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Alicia

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Since: Sep 27, 2004
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:30 pm
Post subject: Excel 2007 Error: Selecting color for font change causes crash
Archived from groups: microsoft>public>excel>crashesgpfs (more info?)
We have a spreadsheet translated from an earlier version of Excel (I believe
2000) in which we use color coded text. We select text, select the Font
color button, it brings up the Color popup, we select a color...and instant
crash and hang. It requires a hard boot to clear the machine.

Currently the file is saved as .xlsx, running under Vista Ultimate. To our
knowledge everything is updated to current fixes. Any ideas what we can do
about this bug?
The only addins active are the Business Contact manager and the Google
toolbar. Any help is appreciated.
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IE




Joined: Aug 04, 2007
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 10:53 pm
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My Excel 2007 running on Vista Premium just started messing up too but nothing catastrophic like yours where you have to reboot.

I would simply open an Excel spread sheet and would click on a cell to change its font color and then I would get a pop up window saying that Excel has stopped working requiring me to close it.

I'm looking for a fix for this because it's getting very annoying. I might have to reinstall.
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Booh




Joined: Aug 12, 2007
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 10:19 am
Post subject: microsoft excel has stopped working changing font color [Login to view extended thread Info.]
I have the exact same problem. I have done all the updates.
Configuration: Windows Vista Premium, Excel 2007.

Re-Install didn't fix the problem.

Nvidia geforce 7350 running on a HP 8120N
Had the same problem with HP 8020N

I don't need to reboot, just shutsdown Excel.

It can be compability mode or a brand new xlsx. The error still occurs about 75 to 85% of the time.

This problem is a real gem, when you're working with hundreds of spreadsheets.

I have worked this office installation on other XP machines and cannot recreate the problem.

I am attempting process of elimination:

Vista
HP
Nvidia
Intel

If anyone has a solution or contribution, please post.
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Booh




Joined: Aug 12, 2007
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:03 pm
Post subject: Re: microsoft excel has stopped working changing font color [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Solution: Hope it works for everyone else.

http://www.officehelp.in/1459051/excel-2007-a

Problem:

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The error I get is "Excel stopped working" Here is what my event viewer shows:

Product
Microsoft Office Excel

Problem
Stopped working

Date
5/17/2007 7:29 AM

Status
Solution Available

Problem signature
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: EXCEL.EXE
Application Version: 12.0.4518.1014
Application Timestamp: 45428263
Fault Module Name: hpz3r4v2.dll
Fault Module Version: 61.63.249.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 45c2d639
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0009bda9
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033

Extra information about the problem
LCID: 1033
Brand: Office12Crash
skulcid: 1033
Bucket ID: 385359668


Diagnostic:

Quote:
hpz3r4v2.dll is listed as faulting module. I'd take a guess that that is
a DLL from HP.
What (default) printer do you have? Do you have the newest printer
driver?
As odd as it sounds, but a printer driver has influence on what is
displayed on the screen, so it is possible that a problematic printer
driver can crash Excel when you switch colors.


Solution:

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That's it!!

I've switched our default printer to One Note, and the errors have stopped. When it's time to print, we simply scroll down the list in the printer dialog box and use the HP.

So who will tell HP about this bug?
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fyz




Joined: Feb 28, 2008
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:01 am
Post subject: Re: Excel 2007 Error: Selecting color for font change causes [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Does this problem lead to corruption of your excel files? If so, you can try a popular Excel file recovery tool called Advanced Excel Repair to repair your Excel file. It is a powerful tool to repair corrupt or damaged Excel files.

Detailed information about Advanced Excel Repair can be found at http://www.datanumen.com/aer/

And you can also download a free demo version at http://www.datanumen.com/aer/aer.exe

Hope this will help.

Alan
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