"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
    2014-03-12T17:16:31+00:00

    Hello Friend, How can you do this when its locked out, when you get this message it locks the screen

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-05-12T09:30:13+00:00

    Awesome, this worked for me. There were no objects in the spreadsheet and the issue happened to just one spreadsheet, other users reported no issue using the same spreadsheet. 

    Mar18519

    Check your "options" (look under the file tab) in Excel 2010.  

    Click on "advanced" and make sure that "Cut copy and sort inserted objects with their parent cells" is checked.   

    I checked that box and it solved my problem.

     It's wierd, because it only happens with some spreadsheets, not others (me to)

    Worked of me

    Thanksyou

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-05-29T02:35:44+00:00

    Hello Friend, How can you do this when its locked out, when you get this message it locks the screen

    I have the same problem as above. The screen is frozen so clicking tabs doesn't work. I have to force my spreadsheet to close losing some of my changes. Getting the message "Fixed Objects will move" happened to me for the first time yesterday and it has happened again today. I am using a spreadsheet that was created 8 years ago which I regularly update.

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