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Why won't Excel open xls file after I saved it with notepad!
I only saved it in notepad and didn't make any changes except to
delete a letter and then re-type it in. Now Excel refuses to recognize it as an Excel file, even though I didn't change the xls extension! What do I need to do to get Excel to recognize it as an Excel spreadsheet again? TIA! :) |
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Why won't Excel open xls file after I saved it with notepad!
Microsoft Excel files are in Binary Interchange File Format (BIFF) and not in
text/ASCII format which can be edited and saved using a text editor like Notepad. If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "Kurt" wrote: I only saved it in notepad and didn't make any changes except to delete a letter and then re-type it in. Now Excel refuses to recognize it as an Excel file, even though I didn't change the xls extension! What do I need to do to get Excel to recognize it as an Excel spreadsheet again? TIA! :) |
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Why won't Excel open xls file after I saved it with notepad!
On Jul 14, 1:18 pm, Jacob Skaria
wrote: Microsoft Excel files are in Binary Interchange File Format (BIFF) and not in text/ASCII format which can be edited and saved using a text editor like Notepad. If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "Kurt" wrote: I only saved it in notepad and didn't make any changes except to delete a letter and then re-type it in. Now Excel refuses to recognize it as an Excel file, even though I didn't change the xls extension! What do I need to do to get Excel to recognize it as an Excel spreadsheet again? TIA! :) Thanks Jacob, but how can I now convert the file back to BIFF so that Excel will open it again? |
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Why won't Excel open xls file after I saved it with notepad!
Sorry; it would be difficult or probably I should say not possible..
If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "Kurt" wrote: On Jul 14, 1:18 pm, Jacob Skaria wrote: Microsoft Excel files are in Binary Interchange File Format (BIFF) and not in text/ASCII format which can be edited and saved using a text editor like Notepad. If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "Kurt" wrote: I only saved it in notepad and didn't make any changes except to delete a letter and then re-type it in. Now Excel refuses to recognize it as an Excel file, even though I didn't change the xls extension! What do I need to do to get Excel to recognize it as an Excel spreadsheet again? TIA! :) Thanks Jacob, but how can I now convert the file back to BIFF so that Excel will open it again? |
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Why won't Excel open xls file after I saved it with notepad!
Kurt wrote:
I only saved it in notepad and didn't make any changes except to delete a letter and then re-type it in. Now Excel refuses to recognize it as an Excel file, even though I didn't change the xls extension! What do I need to do to get Excel to recognize it as an Excel spreadsheet again? TIA! :) Do you have file extensions hidden in Explorer? It's possible the real file name is now filename.xls.txt. If so, rename the file to filename.xls and see if that helps. Why in the world would you save an Excel spreadsheet in notepad in the first place? Bill |
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