hi
so long as you are dealing with .xlsx file extention, you have a problem.
xl97 is not forward compatible and will not recognize the new file extention.
but you can get a viewer from microsoft. see this site.
http://www.rondebruin.nl/2007filesin2003.htm

regards
FSt1

"Steve C" wrote:

I have office97 on my computers and have one person that is sending xlsx and
docx files, How can I open them. Office 97 works for everyone else I am
sending or receiving files from