Can Excel 97 read Excel 2003 simple spreadsheet?
 

I am writing a ReadMe file and want to list minimum requirements for viewing
an Excel 2003 spreadsheet. The only formulas are Count functions used to
tally columns. Other than that it is a basic flat list spreadsheet. For
viewing this .xls file may I be safe to say that a minimum of Excel 97 is
needed?

Thanks.

Can Excel 97 read Excel 2003 simple spreadsheet?
 

Using your criteria, I would say Yes.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:00:12 -0800, MSfStl
wrote:

I am writing a ReadMe file and want to list minimum requirements for viewing
an Excel 2003 spreadsheet. The only formulas are Count functions used to
tally columns. Other than that it is a basic flat list spreadsheet. For
viewing this .xls file may I be safe to say that a minimum of Excel 97 is
needed?

Thanks.

Can Excel 97 read Excel 2003 simple spreadsheet?
 

xl97 should be able to open xl2003 files. (xl95 won't be able to.)

But you still may want to try opening the file in xl97. There may be things
that you did in xl2003 that don't work in xl97.



MSfStl wrote:

I am writing a ReadMe file and want to list minimum requirements for viewing
an Excel 2003 spreadsheet. The only formulas are Count functions used to
tally columns. Other than that it is a basic flat list spreadsheet. For
viewing this .xls file may I be safe to say that a minimum of Excel 97 is
needed?

Thanks.

--

Dave Peterson

Can Excel 97 read Excel 2003 simple spreadsheet?
 

WinXL97/00/02/03 and MacXL98/01/v.X/04 all use the same file format, so
any of those versions will be able to open and view your file.

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MSfStl wrote:

I am writing a ReadMe file and want to list minimum requirements for viewing
an Excel 2003 spreadsheet. The only formulas are Count functions used to
tally columns. Other than that it is a basic flat list spreadsheet. For
viewing this .xls file may I be safe to say that a minimum of Excel 97 is
needed?