Excel save buttons are all greyed out

[patbick]

Hello all,

I recently finished a spreadsheet on Excel and was saving throughout the whole time. However the last save I had was too long ago and I added a lot since that save. When I go to click on the quick save button it is greyed out, and so is the save buttons under the File tab. I haven't tried updating Microsoft Office because that would require restarting the computer. I also tried just exiting out and clicking save when it asks if i want to save the changes, but it just says, "Alert, Document not saved." I really do not want to have to loose my work as it took several hours. Does anyone know a way I can either fix the save problem, or at least export the file somewhere else so I can close and update Office?

 

[chscag]

It sounds like the sheet may have become corrupt while you were updating it from the last save. Open Finder and see if you can copy the sheet to another location. If the copy was successful, rename the sheet. Then try opening it and continue. It would also be helpful if you told us which version of Office you're using and which version of OS X you're running.

 

[patbick]

It sounds like the sheet may have become corrupt while you were updating it from the last save. Open Finder and see if you can copy the sheet to another location. If the copy was successful, rename the sheet. Then try opening it and continue. It would also be helpful if you told us which version of Office you're using and which version of OS X you're running.

I am running OS x 10.10.5 and Excel 15.13.1. I tried moving and renaming the file but the save buttons are still grey.

 

[chscag]

OK, it appears the sheet is corrupt which is why it won't allow saving. It may be that you'll need to start a new sheet see if you can copy and paste to it from the corrupted one. If not, you'll probably need to start over.

Make sure your copy of Office is up to date. Office 2016 has been problematic with both Yosemite and El Capitan which is why you need to install all updates to Office and OS X.


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[toMACsh]

Does Command-S work on the file?
If not, the copy and paste from that file to a new, blank worksheet as suggested above is the way to go.

 

[nickyr]

Sorry daft question but have you recently upgraded MS Office?

If you have you'll need to reactivate your instal before you can save anything.

 

[chscag]

Sorry daft question but have you recently upgraded MS Office?

If you have you'll need to reactivate your instal before you can save anything.

Good point Nick. I didn't think of that and it appears the OP is using the new Office 2016.