Excel 2007 does not open blank sheet

[Teunis]

This relates to Excel 2007 on a Vista HP32 laptop. On opening Excel no (blank) worksheet is opened, i.e. just a blue pane appears. The ribbon is there but all functions on all tabs are greyed out. Ctrl+n to open a new sheet does not work. I can only open a blank (new) sheet by clicking the Office orb and then new sheet. I have run diagnostics several times, but that does not help either. Word and Powerpoint behave normally. What could be wrong and how to redress it?

Regards, Teunis

[HansV]

Try Jan Karel Pieterse's Fixing Startup Problems.

[Teunis]

Thanks Hans,

Thanks to JKP's recipes I was able to solve the problem! BTW an Office reoair from the DVD did not work!

Regards, Teunis

[HansV]

Repairing Office will fix problems with the files that constitute Microsoft Office, but it leaves your personal settings in the registry and in files such as Personal.xlsb alone, as well as installed add-ins. If the problem is caused by one of those, repairing Office won't help.