Excel Freezez when Formatting Text

[AllGoodHandlesTaken]

Hi.
I have several users in a small network. Some of them are experincing the same problem.

They open an Excel 2000 /2002 blank worksheet, type some text in a cell and either use control b or click on bold in the toolbar and excel freezes.

I suspect a virus which tells me what caused it. But how do I fix it. I have tried to delete the *.xlb. No go.

 

[Genotix]

I've got the same problem here.
I'm creating an Excel sheet from a Visual Basic application.

The first time i boot and run excel there doesn't seem to be a problem.
The second time there does.

There is no CPU activity and only excel seems to "freeze" for about 25 seconds.

From that moment on there doesn't seem to be any speed problem at all with the used sheet.

Anybody any ideas??

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It's only very selective about who it's friends are.

 

[xlbo]

The 1st time you perform an action such as bolding in excel, it takes longer to do so. Never really seen a godd explanation as to why but it does. Not normally 25 seconds but I guess in extreme circumstances, this is possible...

Rgds, Geoff

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