I have a brand new laptop and office recently installed (windows 7). Everything is fine except when I sort in Excel, Excel crashes and windows 7 creates a recovered version. This is a real pain at I need to sort many times a day. Can anyone help please. Thanks -------------Problems Reply------------ Actually - after some more research I found another post that recommended a File-SaveAs to XLSX format. My workbook was still XLS.

This worked for me. Hi, try this solution given before Hi, Here are some options to try. Running Microsoft Office Diagnostics within Excel •Click the Microsoft Office button •Click on the Excel Options button to bring up the Excel Options dialog box •Click on the Resources button in the left hand pane •Click on the Diagnose button in the right hand pane •Click Continue •Click Run Diagnostics You may also try to disable the 'COM add-in for Excel'. •Click the Microsoft Office Button, click Excel Options, and then click Add-Ins.

•In the Add-ins box, identify the add-in that you want to disable. •Select the Add-in type in the Manage box and then click Go. •Clear the check box for the Add-in that you want disable and then click OK. Also please check this hotfix: Hope it does help. Sorry but some of this help does not make sense to me. What is the microsoft office button? - having used computers for over 30 years I thing of microsoft office as suite of separate programmes?

Best java editors for mac. If I open excel and run options there is no resources option - and therefore I cannot find diagnostics I get the option to edit 'com add-in for excel' - but then I get a blank list If I follow the link to the hotfix I get a very busy page talking about everything to do with exel except a fix for sorting. I am very frustrated and I feel it is wasting my very valuable time.

When I drag fields to areas on The PivotTable field list Excel crashes. I got the follow report error: Microsoft Error Reporting log version: 2.0. Please refer to the method of Ribbon first, then as this forum questions and feedback for Excel 2016 for MAC I suggest you post your issue to Excel 2011. Dec 21, 2017 - Microsoft Excel for Mac, Version 15.13.3 (150815) Running on a 15 in, 2017 MacBook Pro with MacOS High Sierra Version (10.32.2) For the.

I appreciate you are trying to help, however I have spent money on something that clearly is not fit for purpose if it does not do something as simple as sorting. Hey mcdougall85, Refer to the below KB article with steps to disable add-ins and see if it resolves the issue: I have the exact same problem as mcdougall85, and after much research, have still found no answer. I have a brand new computer and Office 2010. Every time I sort (in Excel) it crashes. Your link, unfortunately, does not help.

Any other suggestions? There must be a patch, or can you send me an older version of Excel instead to replace 2010? I need the sort function to work or I can't do any of my pricing for an upcoming increase. Same issue with me. Excel 2010 immediately crashes on a sort. I have all add-ins disabled, didn't help. Actually - after some more research I found another post that recommended a File-SaveAs to XLSX format.