Embedded Excel 2007 workbook in Word 2007 document won't open. "Excel is not installed" error.

Anonymous
2010-03-08T20:45:01+00:00

I've seen this same problem frequently on other message boards and there has never been a solution, so I'm hoping that Microsoft is aware of it (they should be) and can address it definitively.

I have a Word 2007 document with an embedded Excel 2007 spreadsheet.  When I attempt to open the spreadsheet I get the message: "The program used to create this object is Excel.  That program is not installed on your computer. To edit this object, you must install a program that can open the object.".  Excel is in fact installed.  If I have Excel closed when I attempt to open the embedded spreadsheet then Excel actually opens, but then it does not open the embedded workbook and Word immediately gives the above message after Excel opens.

This is the same problem as is addressed in KB article 960806, except that I do not have "SQL Server 2008 Data Mining Add-ins for Office 2007" installed

I have run MS Office Diagnostics and no errors were reported. 

I have "Repaired" the installation from add/remove programs.  After I did this the embedded workbook appeared as a picture in the document and I couldn't even attempt to open it.

I have tried deselecting "ignore DDE" in Excel Options > Advanced > General

I have tried converting the embedding object to a binary object and back again.

The embedded workbook is a macro-enabled workbook, I don't know if it also happens for non-macro-enabled workbooks.

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Anonymous
2012-02-11T04:22:08+00:00

Had the same issue; disabling Goodle Cloud Connect add-in in both Word and Excel solved it for me. It might help to try disabling all the installed add-ins.

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  1. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2011-02-11T20:25:18+00:00

    Have you tried the other methods of overcoming the problem that have been posted to the original thread?

    Hope this helps.

    Doug Robbins - Word MVP,

    dkr[atsymbol]mvps[dot]org

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    "scbeme" wrote in message news:*** Email address is removed for privacy ***...

    Same problem as above with MS Word and embedded excel object.  Running Windows 7 Pro and Office 2007. Tried the above 'right click and convert' solution which didn't work. Just got another 'problem' window.

    Regretting my Windows 7 'upgrade' expense and experience. And the Microsoft support seems to be 'business as usual', i.e., sell another buggy app and let the users wait for more patches.

    My opinion re: Win 7...  lots of 'eye candy' and very user unfriendly if you want to 'manage' your PC and data vs. turning control over to MS. One would think that the MS apps would work correctly.

    ...Linux (which has its own issues) looks better every day. at least one can get fixes to the problems.

    ...sorry for the rant.

    Doug Robbins - Word MVP dkr[atsymbol]mvps[dot]org

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-03-29T18:01:39+00:00

    I'm new to this thread, and (from what I can tell), there is only one solution offered.  I don't see "other methods" offered.  I do see that someone is describing their failures, but I only see one solution (proposed by MS) and it does not work for me or apparently others as well.  

    I tried converting the object to Binary and then back.  I keep getting an error when I try the first conversion step.  What other solution is presented in "the original thread"?  Isn't THIS thread the original thread?  If not, where is the original thread?

    Thanks.

    FYI - I don't have Microsoft Learning installed, so there is no way to uninstall it. Also, I don't have Outlook, nor can I install it.  My PC belongs to my employer and is locked down.

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-06-02T12:51:14+00:00

    I am running windows 7, with office 2007 Enterprise.

    the "Embedded "problem described above occurs when I right click on Microsoft Excel 2007 and open multiple windows that can be viewed side by side at the same time. this problem is very easy to reproduce.

    Fix:  open all  .XLSX sheet from the same window using the open command the embedded problem goes away.  in this scenario you loose the ability to compare multiple Excel sheets at the same time.

    No conversion and or installation where required to fix the problem.

    Elias Hatem

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