You could reregister xl97:

Close excel
windows start button|Run
"c:\yourpathtoexcel97\excel.exe" /unregserver
followed by
windows start button|run
"c:\yourpathtoexcel97\excel.exe" /regserver

But I think I'd remove xl2003 trial (add/Remove programs from the control
panel).

(and reregister xl97 -- or even reinstall xl97)

wobbs wrote:

My Office 2003 trial expired & now any documents I create in Office 97
(excel) can't be modified once I close & reopen the file. The file opens as
2003. Any ideas about this??

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Dave Peterson