On 10/4/08 6:27 AM, in article ee7fdb7.155@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Paul"
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> On 6/6/08 3:13 PM, in article ee7fdb7.108@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "Loreli_V@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> I am on an iMac running Leopard OS X 10.5.3 and recently upgraded
Office
> 2008 > and the Excel Version is now 12.1.0. I am unable to open
some xls
> files and am > I not able to change (or even view) the Excel
> Preferences.
> When I try to open > a file, the screen blinks as if it tries to
open
> it, but it doesn't. There is > nothing in the Window area - ie try
to
> Cascade. The most recent file I tried > to open was an Excel
97-2004
> workbook,
> so I believe it may be a compatibility > issue. If you select a
new
> workbook
> and with the blank sheet visible, can you get to Excel's
preferences
> then?
> There must be an active workbook in order to access preferences.
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> As far as the file not opening, is it possible that the workbook
has one
> or ore worksheets with a slash (/) in the sheet name? If so, open
the
> file in another version of Excel and remove the slash from the
sheet
> name.
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> -- Bob Greenblatt [MVP], Macintosh bobgreenblattATmsnDOTcom
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> How would I open the file in another version if '08 is the only one on
my
> computer? Are previous versions available inside this program? Sorry if
I am
> being dumb! :-) I am just sick about "losing" a file that I worked on
all
> morning. Any help would be appreciated, or else I am going to have to
re-enter
> all of my data. *sigh*
Paul,
Do you know if the work sheets do indeed contain slash characters in their
names? Have you made sure you have updated Excel to the latest version? If
you have only one version of Excel on your machine, the only way to use
another version is to take the file to another machine.
--
Bob Greenblatt [MVP], Macintosh
bobgreenblattATmsnDOTcom
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