Michael G,
Are you using the latest Excel viewer version?...
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

However, as that is a 76,000 kb download, I would think that installing a version
of Excel might be a better option.
--
Jim Cone
Portland, Oregon USA
http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware
(Excel Add-ins / Excel Programming)



"Michael Gerbasio"
wrote in message
Hi,
I'm a a co-worker sending me spreadsheets that are created in alother
program and saved as Excel files. I have no problem opening these in MS
Excel 2003 or 2007, but I do get a message that says the file is in a
different format than specified by the file extension but it opens fine.

When I tyr to open these in MS Excel Viewer, it tells me the file is
corrupt. I don't need the full version of Excel with me on my notebook and
was hoping to just use the viewer. Is there a program from MS that can check
and correct these Excel files, like a recovery program, so I can use these
with viewer? Thanks.

Regards-Michael G.