Excel 2011 on mac is saving blank read only csv files

Hi,
Have done some fault finding myself. but got to the limits of my knowledge.
I think this is more a bug than a question.???
My Mac OSX 10.8.5 with Excel:MAC 2011 Version 14.0.0 (100825)
is saving csv files (0kb), they are read only but are not locked in "Get Info" and my permission is set to read&write.
I thought it may have been a memory issue (Still could be) so I shutdown and restarted.
I have tried other versions of CSV, same deal.
I have been able to save csv many times before and no config setting have been changed.
I also thought it could be a NAS issue, so I saved to local SSD, same deal.
I have now done a copy and paste to google sheets, downloaded as csv and xlsx, both open fine and both can save as csv fine, no issue. However they are just data, no formulas or colours etc.
So I may have isolated it to a corrupt file.
I will try another xlsx from the same source and see what happens.
If I find the route cause I will post back here.
re-evaluating the situation:
If I save and save again, the second time it tells me it cannot access the first saved file, so I then cancel and excel gives me the "this workbook contains feature..." speech, I hit continue, and for some reason it saves a backup (0kb) and then puts the content into the previous file that it said it could not access. Weird.
If I don't save twice it does not allow me to access the file afterwards
Issues:
0kb - no content, until I save twice even though the second time it says it cannot access the file.
ReadOnly if I don't save twice.

PaulT9090 wrote:
Thats not the answer and its driving me nuts too! I have to rename every file every time I close it and then want to re-edit later. Having carried out a google search, this is clearly not a new problem. Will someone please stand up and sort this out?
No MS folks here. You have to query them at http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac
27" i7 iMac (Mid 2011) refurb, OS X Yo (10.10.1), Mavs, ML & SL, G4 450 MP w/10.5 & 9.2.2

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; Version 2007.7.1
Project,abc xyz Project,,1,,7,1.5,1.5,1,1,0,,0,1,0,0,0,0,3,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,2,3,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,3,3,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
Subproject,25580-1005303.pst,,102,192,42,12632256,1,1,102,192,42,1,12632256,0,6,1,0,32896,1,0,0,0,0,,,-1,-1,-1,-1,0,0,0,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,0,0,0,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,0,0,0,-1,-1,0,1,1,,,,,,1
Segment, , , 0, 102, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, , , , , , , , , , , 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, -1, 0, , , 1
Product,00093097000459,26007,2X4 MF SF SD SOLR,,28.25,9.5,52.3, 8421504,,0,,xyz INC.,SOLAR,,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,,0,0,0,0,1,000000.60,0,0,0,0,00,-1,0
Product,00093097000329,75556,"22""X22"" BZ CM DD 1548",,27,7,27, 8421504,,0,,xyz INC.,SOLAR,,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,,0,0,0,0,1,000000.20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,,345.32
Product,00093097000336,75557,"22""X46"" BZ CM XD 48133",,27,7.5,51, 8421504,,0,,xyz INC.,SOLAR,,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,,0,0,0,0,1,000000.20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
Product,00093097134833,75621,"22""X22"" BZ CM/YT DD 12828",,27,9,27, 8421504,,0,,xyz INC.,SOLAR,,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,,0,0,0,0,1,000000.20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,,1For example, if I want to create an external table like this -
CREATE TABLE extern_sps_dataload
( record_layer            VARCHAR2(20),
attr1                   VARCHAR2(20),
attr2                   VARCHAR2(20),
attr3                   VARCHAR2(20),
attr4                   VARCHAR2(20)
ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL
( TYPE ORACLE_LOADER
DEFAULT DIRECTORY dataload
ACCESS PARAMETERS
( RECORDS DELIMITED BY NEWLINE
    BADFILE     dataload:'sps_dataload.bad'
    LOGFILE     dataload:'sps_dataload.log'
    DISCARDFILE dataload:'sps_dataload.dis'
    SKIP 2
    VARIABLE 2 FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
    OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"' LRTRIM
    MISSING FIELD VALUES ARE NULL
    +LOAD WHEN RECORD_LAYER = 'PROJECT' (FIELD2, FIELD3,FIELD7,FIELD9)+
    +LOAD WHEN RECORD_LAYER= 'PRODUCT' (FIELD3,FIELD4,FIELD8,FIELD9)+
    +LOAD WHEN RECORD_LAYER= 'SEGMENT' (FIELD1,FIELD2,FIELD4,FIELD5)+    LOCATION ('sps_dataload.csv')
REJECT LIMIT UNLIMITED;
{code}
While I was reading the external table documentation, I thought I could achieve similar things by using position_spec option, but I am not getting behind its parameters. I have highlighted italics in the code above(from LOAD WHEN....FIELDS....), the part I think I am going to use, but not sure of it's construct.
Thank you for your help!! Appreciate your thoughts on this..
Sanders.

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