You may want to try OpenOffice.org and try opening, then saving (as a new
name). It's been known to save some (not always all) data, formatting, formulas
and code.

http://www.openoffice.org, a 60-65 meg download or a CD

If the file is really important, there are commercial recovery services. I've
never used it, but you might want to check into:
http://www.officerecovery.com

Julie L wrote:

Hi

I was working on an excel file which has been damaged. When I try to open
it, the message "this file is not in a recognizable format" pops up. Is
there any way to fix this issue?

Thanks

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Julie L

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Dave Peterson