Excel VBA Run-time Error '32809' - Trying to Understand it

Question

A colleague at work made some changes to one of our macro workbooks and now on my PC only I receive the dreaded Run-time Error \'32809\' when I attempt to run it. This lates

Answer 1

This worked for me using excel 2010 and getting the same error when opening a macro-enabled .xlsm file.

-after dismissing the error dialog, do "save as" tab-delimited .txt file. click OK for

...only active sheet.

...functions not saved.

-then "save as" again, but this time select macro-enabled .xlsm format. (to another file or overwrite original doesn't matter, but save as another feels safer.)

-close out excel.

-open the newly saved .xlsm file. In my cases, the error messages went away and the macros are working.