Errors were detected while saving file in Excel 2010

Anonymous
2010-09-01T16:04:55+00:00

I get the error "Errors were detected while saving 'C:\Users\Filename.xlsx. To make repairs in a new file, click continue. To cancel saving the file, click cancel" The appears to be no pattern to this. Does any have a solution. All similar questions in the forum don't offer a solution to this error message.

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Anonymous
2011-11-11T09:58:36+00:00

I have had this issue recently and it turned out to be a company logo which was in the top right of each worksheet.I removed this (.png) image from each sheet, the workbook did not then give an error saving. I then opened the logo and re-saved it as a .jpg and then re-added it to each sheet. The workbook continued to save quite happily.

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-11-16T04:31:51+00:00

    Yup removing the company logo on my spreadsheet fixed the issue as well!  Thanks Luis

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-12-27T18:43:37+00:00

    I get the error "Errors were detected while saving 'C:\Users\Filename.xlsx. To make repairs in a new file, click continue. To cancel saving the file, click cancel" The appears to be no pattern to this. Does any have a solution. All similar questions in the forum don't offer a solution to this error message.

    absolutely no help with this link.  working on the same file i have used for years.  just added a few lines of new data.  would not save regardless of efforts.  disappointing

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-12-28T10:36:39+00:00

    Hi,

    I am getting the same problems since i moved to Office 2010 (in both 32bit and 64bit version).

    Some files i can save in xls with no problem, but i with loss of data bellow the row 65536 (of course columns too).

    So, this is no solution.

    Then a went to page layout ribbon and selected the Selection Pane, and in some files i saw some objects, i deleted all of them. I tryed to save the file and everything its fine, but not for all files.

    So, this is no solution for 100% of the files, because i can't save some of them yet.

    Some of them I detected the problem in one tab sheet or two, by moving it to a new file, and get the same problem, others i didnt detect any problem, but i can not save the file.

    Anybody have more ideas besides copying the data to another file?

    Thanks and Happy new Year!

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-12-28T13:49:05+00:00

    Try changing the default printer.  It seems that if the default is an HP, Excel 2010 has many strange problems.  All clear up if the default is something else, like the XPS Document Writer.

    Good Luck!

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