Currently it can only open excel files; it doesn't recognise XML files.

The viewer has been around quite a while, well before Excel 2003 which is
the first version that can read/write XML file. I guess MS decided not to
update the viewer.

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Jim Rech
Excel MVP
"AH1966" wrote in message
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| Excel can load both "traditional" excel files with the .xls extension, and
it
| can also open "XML" excel files with the .xls extention.
|
| Why can't the Excel viewer open both. Currently it can only open excel
| files; it doesn't recognise XML files.
|
| Ultimately, I'd like to produce a markup file which I can then launch with
| the Viewer.
|
| Any suggestions?