Everytime I am opening one particular excel workbook it gives the repair warning.

Jajodia, Rangesh 0 Reputation points
2025-07-02T14:08:48.01+00:00

The excel workbook I am opening gives the following repair records. Everytime it gives new repair records. Even if I save repaired file it gives another warning.

Repaired Records: Drawing from /xl/drawings/drawing1.xml part (Drawing shape)

Repaired Records: Drawing from /xl/drawings/drawing2.xml part (Drawing shape)

Repaired Records: Drawing from /xl/drawings/drawing3.xml part (Drawing shape)

Repaired Records: Drawing from /xl/drawings/drawing4.xml part (Drawing shape)

Repaired Records: Drawing from /xl/drawings/drawing5.xml part (Drawing shape)

Repaired Records: Drawing from /xl/drawings/drawing6.xml part (Drawing shape)

Repaired Records: Drawing from /xl/drawings/drawing7.xml part (Drawing shape)

Repaired Records: Drawing from /xl/drawings/drawing8.xml part (Drawing shape)

Repaired Records: Drawing from /xl/drawings/drawing9.xml part (Drawing shape)

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | For business | Windows
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  1. Jan Karel Pieterse 81 Reputation points MVP
    2025-07-04T15:28:03.7766667+00:00

    Try removing all shapes (images, drawing objects) from the workbook. If that helps, remove them from each worksheet in turn until you find the one that has the offending shapes.


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