Excel 2007 won't open Excel 2003 Files
 

I have purchased a new lap top running Vista with MS Office Enterprise
Edition. I am trying to work with files created on a desk top system running
Windows XP SP2 and MS Office 2003.

When I try to open any Excel 2003 file with an xls extension created using
the older system in the new one I get the following message "The file you are
trying to open e.g test.xls, is in a different format than specified by the
file extension. Verify that the file is not corrupted and is from a trusted
source before opening the file. Do you want to open the file now?"

I know where the file I am trying to open came from as I created it in Excel
2003, and that it is readable on the older system, so I click yes! The file
appears to open, but nothing can be seen and all the data is apparently lost.
I have tried everything I can think off. This would appear like a case of
converting all the files manually which is really impossible. I have
experienced a similar intermittent problwm with Word files using the .doc
extension. It really looks to me like I need to bin Office 2007 and go back
to Office 2003.

Has anyone else come across the same problem and or have an answer to mine?

Thanks,

Tom

Excel 2007 won't open Excel 2003 Files
 

Tom-

Can you send me one of these files?

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Jim
"Tom Breck" wrote in message
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|I have purchased a new lap top running Vista with MS Office Enterprise
| Edition. I am trying to work with files created on a desk top system
running
| Windows XP SP2 and MS Office 2003.
|
| When I try to open any Excel 2003 file with an xls extension created using
| the older system in the new one I get the following message "The file you
are
| trying to open e.g test.xls, is in a different format than specified by
the
| file extension. Verify that the file is not corrupted and is from a
trusted
| source before opening the file. Do you want to open the file now?"
|
| I know where the file I am trying to open came from as I created it in
Excel
| 2003, and that it is readable on the older system, so I click yes! The
file
| appears to open, but nothing can be seen and all the data is apparently
lost.
| I have tried everything I can think off. This would appear like a case of
| converting all the files manually which is really impossible. I have
| experienced a similar intermittent problwm with Word files using the .doc
| extension. It really looks to me like I need to bin Office 2007 and go
back
| to Office 2003.
|
| Has anyone else come across the same problem and or have an answer to
mine?
|
| Thanks,
|
| Tom