If you didn't keep a copy somewhere like a backup, or if you sent it in an
email that you can retrieve you are out of luck At least when it comes to
formulas, multiple sheets etc. If there was only text in one sheet you
should be able to open it in WP again and copy and paste from there. My
guess is that you opened the file then when you closed it the program
prompted you to save it and that's what you did (big no no).
This happens in MS Word as well and the file gets corrupted when opened
again in Excel.


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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom


"Patty" wrote in message
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I opened an excel file in Word Perfect to use as a merge data file, but now
my excel file looks like a bunch of squarish circles and symbols with a
few
words. How do I get my excel data back?