You must convert the file to a file format that Excel can read, either using
1-2-3 or a converter program like Conversions Plus from www.dataviz.com

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| We have an Excel file that has been linked for years to pick up numbers
from
| a Lotus file. Now that one person who uses Lotus updated to version 9,
I'm
| told, and Excel doesn't even recognize, nor can it open filename.123.
| How can we handle this?
| Thanks!