If the MD5 hashes aren't matching up, I would check the file size and
last modified date instead.

--JP

On Sep 24, 7:36*pm, bogstick
wrote:
I have some old backups of Excel 2003 documents and would like to verify
current copies against them! Therefore i am using the MD5 hashes for
comparing. But obviously this is failing because just opening and closing a
file causes the MD5 to change making the whole exercise useless! I do not
have any issues with any other type of Office 2003 documents.