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We received an excel attachment that we could not open(we have excel 2003-
the attachment was some special excel 2007 attachment)..some setting must have gotten changed because we cannot open any new excel attachment -- We tried resending the attachment in 2003--when i try to open any excel attachment and I click on "OPEN" I get a box Windows cannot find C:\Documents & settings|local settings\temporary internet files. I can only open the attachments by "Save to Disk". We have always been able to just click on "OPEN" and then read the file. I wonder if there is a setting to get back to where we can just "OPEN" the attachment? Thnaks again for any help or suggestions to resolve this issue! -- thanks for helping a confused excel user thanks for helping a confused excel user |
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It sounds like you have a couple of problems to address...
#1. If the sender saved the file in the native xl2007 file format, you'll need something extra so xl2003 can open it. MS has a conversion/compatibility program for reading the native xl2007 file formats in xl2003. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Personally, I'd ask the sender to save a copy in xl97-xl2003 fileformat and resend that. Then I'd save the attachment onto my harddrive, open excel and use File|open to open that file. #2. Sometimes one of these works when you're having trouble with double clicking on the file in windows explorer: Tools|Options|General|Uncheck "Ignore other applications" (xl2003 menus) or Office Button|Excel Options|Advanced|General|Uncheck "Ignore other applications" (xl2007) --- or --- Close Excel and Windows Start Button|Run excel /unregserver then Windows Start Button|Run excel /regserver The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets some of the windows registry to excel's factory defaults. Maybe it'll help you when you open the attachment through your email. (If not, save the attachment on the harddrive and use File|open inside excel.) confused wrote: We received an excel attachment that we could not open(we have excel 2003- the attachment was some special excel 2007 attachment)..some setting must have gotten changed because we cannot open any new excel attachment -- We tried resending the attachment in 2003--when i try to open any excel attachment and I click on "OPEN" I get a box Windows cannot find C:\Documents & settings|local settings\temporary internet files. I can only open the attachments by "Save to Disk". We have always been able to just click on "OPEN" and then read the file. I wonder if there is a setting to get back to where we can just "OPEN" the attachment? Thnaks again for any help or suggestions to resolve this issue! -- thanks for helping a confused excel user thanks for helping a confused excel user -- Dave Peterson |
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