"Fixed Objects will move" pop-up freezes Excel

Anonymous
2010-08-10T19:14:50+00:00

Spreadsheet opens and I can navigate for awhile and, for example, when I go to save the sheet the message pops up: Fixed Objects Will Move.  This freezes Excel and I use Task Mgr to "END" the Excel program

This spreadsheet was used for ten months, add a column per month in Excel 2007 - now, possibly since installing Excel 2010, I get this message.  I haven't noticed it in other spreadsheets.

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Anonymous
2010-08-11T10:27:47+00:00

‘Fixed objects’ in Excel may refer to multiple items, such as comments, graphics, controls, etc.   Do you recall inserting any fixed object in the Excel sheet?   Try the following steps:   Note: Ensure to back-up the original file prior to performing the steps given below.

1)   Search the objects in the worksheet by pressing ‘F5’ to display the ‘Go To’ dialog box

2)   Click on ‘Special’ and select the ‘Objects’ radio button then click on OK

3)   This will select all the objects in the Excel sheet, you may delete them and verify the status

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Anonymous
2010-09-23T00:05:10+00:00

cell comments are not treated as Objects by Goto > Special > Objects

Use Tools > Options > View > Comments: Comments and Indicator (2003 or earlier)

or

Review > Show All Comments (2007 or later)

and you will be able to see where the comments are.

Bill Manville. Excel MVP, Oxford, England. www.manville.org.uk

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-11-25T19:12:56+00:00

    Re the suggestions above regarding comments and objects.  I got the same result i.e. no objects found when I searched the entire workbook, so I agree those suggestions while well meaning do not solve the problem, at least in the case of my problem file.  Later discovered a work around the worked for me but the reason it worked escapes me.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-10-31T19:20:15+00:00

    I do not want to get rid of my 2 comments in Excel 10.  There are filters in the spreadsheet.  The message  Fixed Objects Will Move appears while filtering - not to fewer items but to more items.  Please help.

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-07-05T12:57:30+00:00

    This did the trick-Thanks

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