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How to remedy Excel blocking files from saving

Crystal X
3 min readAug 23, 2024

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Although I pay for it, I do not use Excel on my computer a lot because I prefer to use Google products on the go. I have been preparing to write a blog post on a YouTube video that I watched, being an Excel tutorial.

I finished watching the seven hour video and began planning the blog post that I was going to write concerning the tips that I picked up whilst watching the video.

I decided that I would use my personal version of Excel that is on my laptop, initially creating a test file to use to cite examples in my blog post. The problem is that, no matter how hard I tried, I could not save the file that I created. I Googled my query as to why I was unable to save my file and came up with several possible solutions, none of which worked.

One solution that I read about was to delete the accounts that are linked to mt Excel account and then reinstall them. I was reluctant to do that because my account is linked to my pay, so I decided that was not an option for me.

Nevertheless, I decided to look through the settings of my Excel account and I was eventually able to devise a solution to the problem to enable me to save my work to my laptop.

On the ribbon of Excel, I clicked onto the file tab:-

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Crystal X
Crystal X

Written by Crystal X

I have over five decades experience in the world of work, being in fast food, the military, business, non-profits, and the healthcare sector.

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