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excel worksheet cannot hide column

Anonymous
2012-04-04T03:27:55+00:00

i have a excel file which contain many columns , i hided some column already but while i continue to hide another columns , it is not allowed, a message saying that : "cannot move object outside of worksheet"

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Anonymous
2012-04-17T04:02:34+00:00

You may try copying all the contents of the file to new workbook, save it with different name and then try to hide column and check the result.

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-04-04T03:50:35+00:00

    but i have no comments at all within the cell

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-04-04T03:36:12+00:00

    Could be one or more of a few causes.  Most common is trying to hide columns when Comments are present.

    This KB Article covers causes and solutions.

    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;211769

    Gord

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