Excel 2013 Insert and Delete (column/row) grayed out for all workbook

Anonymous
2013-09-23T11:31:31+00:00

Hello -

I have an odd issue.   No matter if it is a new or existing workbook my insert and delete row/column options are greyed out.   The workbook is not protected as this happens for even brand new ones as well.  I have searched and cannot locate a solution.

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Windows 8

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks

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Anonymous
2013-09-23T11:35:20+00:00

Just solved my own issue.

Had to delete the \Office\15.0\Excel\Options via regedit.

Problem resolved.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-09-24T05:11:11+00:00

    Glad to know you fixed the issue. Thank you for sharing the resolution, as this would help other members of the community facing the same issue.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-12-17T15:03:12+00:00

    Hi,

    I had the same problem today.

    You simply need to close Excel, then navigate to "%appdata%\Microsoft\Excel" in Windows explorer and rename Excel15.xlb to Excel15.old, and finally restart Excel and the problem should be fixed.

    Cheers

    James

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-12-29T19:30:53+00:00

    Didn't work for me.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-04-17T18:18:38+00:00

    Having same issue.  Can't quite figure out what you did to correct it.  Please help.

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