i have a very large excel spreadsheet with inverted red triangles…

Please follow the instructions that I gave you (in bold)

I got it thanks.

Ok I'm on it now....

Still working on it. There is a huge number of shapes which is creating conflict in the system resources. Will continue to work on but could take an hour or so to delete them. Accordingly I need to make sure I get paid for my time doing so.

Sure, will send you the program as well so you can use it on you other files

ok

Ok done!

The macro took over 50 mins to complete the deletion of 50,962 pictures. The repaired file is 1/10th the size of the original file

Here is a screenshot after running the macro

Let me know if it's ok so I can send the repaired file you the solution which you will be able to use on the other files

Thanks

Thanks

Ok here you go

http://www.2shared.com/file/W9vhv6jL/TIAA-CREF-Stock_repaired.html

(make sure to click the blue DOWNLOAD button at the bottom of the download page)

As for the jumping cursor, there are two common causes for this

First, when you're typing you are accidentally touching your touch-pad which causes the cursor to move around. Try turning the touch pad off when typing or lower the sensitivity of the touch pad from the control panel

The other thing that could cause this is another program running in the background which is taking up the processor time and causing delay in the cursor response. Go to the Task manger and see which process is using up the CPU when that happens

Hope this helps

Thank you

Bill, I added this remark with the link that I gave you

"(make sure to click the blue DOWNLOAD button at the bottom of the download page)"

So when you click on that 2shared.com link that I gave you, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the blue download button to start downloading the excel file. Here is a screenshot showing that button

Here is another link, just in case

Attachment: 2012-01-11_033153_tiaa-cref-stock_repaired.zip

Your macros might be disabled. You need to enable macros in your Excel settings so macros are allowed to run

If you need further help let me know which version of Excel you are running

Great. You're welcome