If you see the “The file couldn’t open in protected view” error while opening Microsoft Excel, the solutions listed in this post may help you resolve the issue ...

If you notice that your Excel files are opening in Notepad, then read this post to learn how to fix the issue. The default behavior of a document or file is to open in the application with which it ...

If you work with multiple Excel files over the course of a workday, and especially if you use a dual-monitor setup, you might wonder how you can launch each Excel file in its own window so you can ...

Q. When I open Excel, I always have to choose Blank workbook. Is there any way to have Excel do this automatically and skip the step of getting the Start screen? Q. I have a folder of Excel files that ...

While it is technically possible to open an Excel file in Notepad, this is not a good idea. Excel files are binary files that contain complex formatting and data structures. When you open an Excel ...

The guide provides insight into how to use the hidden “FILES” function in Excel, a legacy macro function that lists all files in a specified folder. MyOnlineTrainingHub takes you through how to enable ...

This month's monster security patch for Office breaks Excel when it tries to open HTML files, and it seems unlikely Microsoft will fix the problem Excel users are reporting an odd bug in the way Excel ...

Double-clicking on a .XLS file will start Excel, but will not cause the file to open. I've been through the File Associations, made sure that DDE was selected and had the right parameters, and it ...

The cause appears to be the use of non-ASCII characters in file names. Microsoft describes it like so: “Any user may be ...