Sorry, Alain. I should read slower!

I am afraid this message will always appear. Every time the document is
saved (or closed) in the old (97) version, this message is renewed and will
reappear next time you open it. A cross you will have to bear unfortunately.
If it is opened in 2007, it will automatically open in compatibility mode
without any message appearing, but will continue to be saved as .xls.

Sorry I can't help further...

Regards,

Ed




"Alain Dekker" wrote in message
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Thanks but you misunderstand. I've got a file created in Office 2007 (but
saved with XLS extension). It opens fine in Excel 97, but displays this
message about being created in a newer version when saved.

I would like to see the message disappear after I've acknowledged it once
(a bit like those dialogs you see that have a tickbox saying "Don't show
me this again").

Regards,
Alain

"Ed O'Brien" wrote in message
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Hi, Alain.

Visit Microsoft. Start here...

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/pr...686761033.aspx

and you can download there pack to allow you to open and work with older
versions of Word, Excel etc.

Best wishes,

Ed




"Alain Dekker" wrote in message
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Hi,

I've got a file which I created at work (using Excel 2007, I think). It
doesn't use any fancy features, just the basics.

I've brought it home to my work laptop which has Excel 97 on it, and now
every time I save it I get an annoying message:

"This file was created using a later version of Microsoft Excel. If you
save this file using Microsoft Excel 97, information created with
features in the later version may be lost."

I've tried resaving it, without ever getting rid of this silly message.
Is there any way to stop the message appearing every time I press save?
Upgrading to the newer version of Excel is not an option.

Thanks,
Alain