XCelsius Live Office objects and save loss

Hi all,
I'm observing an abnormal behavior using Live Office 3.1 fp 1.8 inside Xcelsius 2008 SP3.
Iu2019ve built Live Office queries based on OLAP universe inside Xcelsius;
all is ok but when I close and reopen Xcelsius the queries lost some
object or some filter. In addition if I try to delete a query it
disappears, but if I save, close and reopen the Xcelsius file it
appears. It seems as if Iu2019m not able to delete Live Office objects, nor
to make changes to query and so on. I've seen that this is a frequently
discussed problem on various forum, but i never found solutions.
Moreover i've observed the same behavior if i introduce through live office webi reports inside the dashboard: initially it seems ok, but after closing and re opening the XCelsius file, one or more reports disappear!!!
Have you any workaround to solve this anomaly?
Best regards

Hi,
As i said the following steps guide you to unlock the worbook.
Try this out
>>Office 2007 (Ribbon menu in Xcelsius or Excel). Select Review > Protect Workbook > Protect Structure and Windows.
Office 2003 (menu only in Excel). Select Tools > Protection > Unprotect Workbook.
>> You will be prompted for a password.
>> This is the password (the O is an uppercase o):
fazOh1+u
>> Click OK and the spreadsheet should no longer be locked.
As far as i think still you are using SP1 or SP2.
Please upgrade your Xcelsius SP and FP.
Let me know if you have any issues.
All credit goes to "Matt Lloyd" Coz the above solution was given by him long back (around Sep 2009).
For further reference you can check the thread ID=1480563
Regards,
AnjaniKumar C.A.

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