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Renaming Sheet: Infinite Loop

Anonymous
2018-03-16T21:16:51+00:00

I'm trying to rename a tab in MS Excel and no matter what name I enter (even a single character), I get the same error message in an infinite loop: "While renaming a sheet or chart, you entered an invalid name."  I'm not using special characters, the name is short, so not sure how to get out of this loop other than forcing the app to quit.

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Jim G 134K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2018-03-18T17:26:27+00:00

Are you trying to rename the tab "History"?  You can't. That's a reserved word.

Go to the Excel menu and choose About Excel. Make sure you have version 14.7.7

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