I went from office97 to office xp and didn't have any trouble.

(Isn't office 2001 a Mac version?)

If you meant office 2000. I bring files home from work (xl2k) and open them in
xl2002 without any problem like this.

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Just guesses...

Is the zoom set the same (yeah, dumb question).
Are your video drivers current?
Are you using any special fonts?

(I really don't have a guess.)

mike333 wrote:

Is there a compatibility issue betwen Excel XP and previous versions of
Excel? I recently installed XP and when I go to open my old Excel files
(Office 2001) they open, but the cells are sized extremely large and the file
is not workable.

Thanks for your help.

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Dave Peterson