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Opening/converting other spreadsheet programs' files
Hello all,
I'm sorry if this is a little off topic for this newsgroup. I tried looking for a more reasonable NG, but didn't see anything that jumped out at me. Using Excel 2002 SP3 I opened a .WK4 file in Excel (I'm guessing that is a Lotus 1-2-3 file). I then tried to use the DATE(y,m,d) function. It worked okay as long as month was 1-12 and day was 1-28, 1-30, or 1-31 (depending on the month). But the "extended functionality" of DATE would not work like it does in a new Excel workbook. Every time month or day was changed to a number outside of those ranges, it would return #NUM!. I tried saving it as a Microsoft Excel Workbook (1st choice), but it still behaves the same way. Is there any way to open/save this file so the extended functionality of DATE will work? Thanks for any help anyone can provide, Conan Kelly |
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Conan Kelly wrote...
.... I opened a .WK4 file in Excel (I'm guessing that is a Lotus 1-2-3 file). Correct. I then tried to use the DATE(y,m,d) function. It worked okay as long as month was 1-12 and day was 1-28, 1-30, or 1-31 (depending on the month). But the "extended functionality" of DATE would not work like it does in a new Excel workbook. Every time month or day was changed to a number outside of those ranges, it would return #NUM!. I tried saving it as a Microsoft Excel Workbook (1st choice), but it still behaves the same way. .... WK4 files are treated as having Transition Formula Evaluation enabled. 123's @DATE gives the errors you describe, and in transition mode Excel does the same. Disable transition formula evaluation by running the menu command Tools Options, select the Transition tab, and uncheck the box for Transition Formula Evaluation. Seems you may also want to uncheck the box for Transition Formula Entry as well. Note: this may cause different formulas/function calls the fail. |
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Harlan,
That was it. Thank so much for all of your help, Conan "Harlan Grove" wrote in message oups.com... Conan Kelly wrote... ... I opened a .WK4 file in Excel (I'm guessing that is a Lotus 1-2-3 file). Correct. I then tried to use the DATE(y,m,d) function. It worked okay as long as month was 1-12 and day was 1-28, 1-30, or 1-31 (depending on the month). But the "extended functionality" of DATE would not work like it does in a new Excel workbook. Every time month or day was changed to a number outside of those ranges, it would return #NUM!. I tried saving it as a Microsoft Excel Workbook (1st choice), but it still behaves the same way. ... WK4 files are treated as having Transition Formula Evaluation enabled. 123's @DATE gives the errors you describe, and in transition mode Excel does the same. Disable transition formula evaluation by running the menu command Tools Options, select the Transition tab, and uncheck the box for Transition Formula Evaluation. Seems you may also want to uncheck the box for Transition Formula Entry as well. Note: this may cause different formulas/function calls the fail. |
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