[comp.sys.mac.apps] Excel Menu Problem ?

Martin S. High <MSH@psuvm.psu.edu> (05/30/91)

Does anyone have any suggestions or cures for the following
problem with Excel ?

I am using Excel 2.2 on a SE w/ a 20MB external drive.  I am not
sure whether this is a relevant issue, but I recently added
memory to my machine to bring the total to 2.5 MB.  Every
application behaves normally and the SE recognizes the extra
memory upgrade.  Every application except Excel that is.  No
virus is on the disk according to a variety of virus protection
software.

When I try to pull down the menus in Excel, the menus do not
appear and sometimes the entire screen is blanked out.  Also,
this operation appears to hang up the machine for a few seconds
after I release the mouse button, but then I see the spreadsheet
as normal.  All the command keys work (that is how I must quit
the program), but all the pull-down menus are useless.  All of my
more MAC-astute friends all say: "Gee, that is really wierd," but
have no suggestions.  I have reloaded the original copy of the
program, installed new system software (6.0.7), and launched
Excel from the original disk, all with the same result.  Before
try reformatting my disk does anyone have any suggestions ?  Thanks.


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Martin S. High
MSH@PSUVM.PSU.EDU