Entire workbook grayed out

[rkesmodel]

I have a workbook with multiple worksheets. I was working in it a week ago and everything was fine. I opened it today and the entire workbook, including all of the menus, is grayed out. Where the cells would be is just a big gray blank, no borders, no cells, no numbers. Even in the File menu, everything except New, Open, Account, and Options is grayed out. The file size in File Manager is 377 KB so something is still there. I can open other Excel files just fine.
How can I get everything back?

Thanks for any assistance.

Windows 10, Excel 2016

 

[ClaireS]

Just a quick search on Google - I'm not an expert on technical issues, but it looks as though this might be worth a try:

With the file open, select View, Arrange all and tick the box that says "Windows of active workbook". If it works, Save the workbook. Good luck!

 

[rkesmodel]

Just a quick search on Google - I'm not an expert on technical issues, but it looks as though this might be worth a try:

With the file open, select View, Arrange all and tick the box that says "Windows of active workbook". If it works, Save the workbook. Good luck!

ClaireS,

Thanks for the quick reply. Unfortunately ALL menus are grayed out.

UPDATE!! WOW, ClaireS, although your suggestion did not work, it led me to the solution. While taking a more detailed look at the View menu I noticed that the Macros choice was not grayed out. That didn't help. However, I continued with the second look and noticed the only other not grayed choice ... UNHIDE D'OH

Fixed it right up. Somehow, I must have pressed the Hide button right before saving.

Thanks so much!

 

[ClaireS]

I'm glad you were able to get this sorted - well done for persevering!