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Microsoft Office 2003
I help a school install new equipment when they get it. Yesterday I went in
and installed a new computer that has MS Office 2003 installed on it. The old PC had MS Works installed on the PC. I had no problem opening the Word documents they worked fine I am unable to open any of the spread sheets that were created by works using Excel. I saw on the Internet where it says when you save your document under Works to save it as a EXCEL SS type. Then you can open it using Excel. Is this True? Thanks Rick |
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Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 09:59:04 -0800, rick s wrote: I help a school install new equipment when they get it. Yesterday I went in and installed a new computer that has MS Office 2003 installed on it. The old PC had MS Works installed on the PC. I had no problem opening the Word documents they worked fine I am unable to open any of the spread sheets that were created by works using Excel. I saw on the Internet where it says when you save your document under Works to save it as a EXCEL SS type. Then you can open it using Excel. Is this True? Thanks Rick |
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Generally you would normally open the file in WORKS and then save it down as
a file that Excel can read. .xlr is a native Excel format, or .txt, .csv, dbaseIV are all formats it can read. You can also find a converter here if you don't have WORKS. http://www.rl-software.com/indexjs.h...kscnvxls_e.htm Text from the website above:- Microsoft does not provide an import Excel filter for Works-WKS files later than version 2. (for Works-WPD and Word they do). There is no standard way to convert a lot of Works-WKS files into the Excel format. You need to save each file out of Works manually into XLS which is a pain in the neck. Here comes our MS Works Spreadsheets to Excel Converter. It does not need a Works Installation and you can use the batch converting wizard (see right side). a.. Completely integrated into Excel 97/2000/XP, no external program b.. Imports MS Works Spreadsheet (*.WKS) 3.x ,4.x, 200x files c.. Convenient, selfextracting and selfinstalling setup procedure d.. Can be removed completely with standard deinstall procedure e.. Works with Windows 9x, ME, NT 4, 2000, XP f.. Our RL-File-Conversion-Wizard is part of the package g.. Converts cell alignments, font styles, etc. h.. Excel helper macros to make migration easier i.. No need for a Works installation j.. Free Updates: Our registered customers can download the latest version from our download area at any time Two articles from Microsoft that deal with Works and the files it can open/save as. Works: Sharing Works Files with Other Programs http://support.microsoft.com/default...B;en-ca;271080 Works: Limitations of Sharing Files with Excel http://support.microsoft.com/default...B;en-ca;269273 -- Regards Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 97/00/02/03 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "rick s" wrote in message ... I help a school install new equipment when they get it. Yesterday I went in and installed a new computer that has MS Office 2003 installed on it. The old PC had MS Works installed on the PC. I had no problem opening the Word documents they worked fine I am unable to open any of the spread sheets that were created by works using Excel. I saw on the Internet where it says when you save your document under Works to save it as a EXCEL SS type. Then you can open it using Excel. Is this True? Thanks Rick |
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