Stop "Excel formula or sheet contains the name" dialog
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When I want to copy a sheet (within the same file, so simply using left mouse button and Ctrl) in Excel 2007, I get this pop up dialog: where Author is a specific field somewhere in the sheet I'm editing. The catch is that I cannot get rid of this dialog. If I press Yes, I get the same dialog with …
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Fix for: Stop "Excel formula or sheet contains the name" dialog
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I had the same problem, but Name Manager does not reveal all the names embedded in the sheet. Somehow I got a bunch of hidden names in the worksheet. Here is how to unhide them Now, you can see again all names in Name Manager and delete them.
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