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Difficult to open files in Excel in different countries
I am conducting a world wide tender process and have created an Excel
spreadsheet to aid this process. The sheet contains fairly extensive macros and has been locked by password. I am based in the UK using Microsoft Excel 2002. I have been informed by a user in France that he cannot open the spreadsheet and is getting the error "this version is foreign and cannot be opened on a French machine" (maybe slightly lost in translation). Does anyone know of any difficulties in opening spreadsheets around the world ? Thanks Simon |
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Hi Simon
Jim Rech posted this This reminds me of a problem Windows Excel users in France used to have opening protected workbooks from other countries. Windows/Excel used to respect French laws on encryption (since changed I understand) and refused to open workbooks encrypted with certain algorithms. But all the French user had to do was to temporarily change his country/language designation under Windows Control Panel and the restriction was lifted. -- Regards Ron de Bruin http://www.rondebruin.nl "Simon Jefford" wrote in message ... I am conducting a world wide tender process and have created an Excel spreadsheet to aid this process. The sheet contains fairly extensive macros and has been locked by password. I am based in the UK using Microsoft Excel 2002. I have been informed by a user in France that he cannot open the spreadsheet and is getting the error "this version is foreign and cannot be opened on a French machine" (maybe slightly lost in translation). Does anyone know of any difficulties in opening spreadsheets around the world ? Thanks Simon |
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