Interesting, in excel 2002 it says

Format Program
Notes
.wb1 Quattro Pro version 5.0 for Windows Opens only, only
available with converter loaded



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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

http://nwexcelsolutions.com


"Pete_UK" wrote in message
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You can open these directly in Excel 2000. Start Excel then File | Open
and ensure that you have All Files (*.*) selected as the file type.
Locate the Quattro Pro 5 files (*.wq1) and click <open.

You may have some formatting differences, but most formulae will
convert okay.

Hope this helps.

Pete