Paul -- if you're still unable to open the file after upgrading to Office
12.1.3, if you could send the file to me I may be able to recover your
data.
Thanks,
Pat McMillan
patmcmil@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
10/6/08 5:00 AM, in article C50F7636.B1B80%bob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Bob
Greenblatt" <bob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On 10/4/08 6:27 AM, in article ee7fdb7.155@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Paul"
> <Paul> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 6/6/08 3:13 PM, in article
ee7fdb7.108@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> "Loreli_V@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- Bob Greenblatt [MVP], Macintosh bobgreenblattATmsnDOTcom
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
--
Pat McMillan
Macintosh Business Unit
Microsoft Corp.
This posting is provided łAS IS˛ with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
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