

Make sure that “SharePoint Stssync Handler” is enabled in browser add-ons.You’ll get connect to outlook button enabled! Disabling the MDS feature is not a good idea IMHO!! Prior to Service pack 1: If your SharePoint site has the Minimal Download Strategy feature enabled, simply press “F5” to reload the current page.Connect to outlook feature is available only to these types of lists: Calendar, Tasks, Project Tasks, Contacts, Document Library, and Discussion Boards.Here is how to enable the connect to outlook in SharePoint On-premises or SharePoint Online: The “Connect to Outlook” Ribbon button is always greyed out! Troubleshooting Checklist: Please leave a comment in the comment section below or even better: like and share this blog post in the social networks to help spread the word about this solution.Problem: SharePoint users cannot connect to any SharePoint list or Calendar to Outlook. At the right pane, under Display options, uncheck the " Disable hardware graphics acceleration" checkbox and click OK. At Excel Options window, choose Advanced on the left pane.ģ. Notice: The option to disable the graphics acceleration is only available at Excel 2010 and Excel 2013.ġ. Disable the Hardware Acceleration at Excel application: To do that: Locate and select the MS Office application and then click Change.ī.Navigate to Windows Control Panel > Programs and features.Save the Workbook and you 're done!Īdditional help: If the above tip doesn't help you, then:Ī. Now you should see the contents of the Excel Workbook!Ĥ. At the menu that comes up, check the " Windows of active workbook" checkbox and click OK. (otherwise click Unhide and check if you can view the excel data).ģ. Go to View Menu and ensure first that the Unhide option is inactive.

How to fix: Excel Data not showing – not visible – data area is grayed out.ġ. Finally after some research I found the following solution to resolve the "Excel Worksheet data not showing" problem. As a first try, I repaired the MS Office (2007) installation but the problem still exists. One of my customers, faced the following strange problem when he opens several Excel files: The Excel file seem to open normally, but the Excel won't show the worksheet (Worksheet area is grayed out and the data doesn't appear at all).
