Hi,
I'm a a co-worker sending me spreadsheets that are created in alother
program and saved as Excel files. I have no problem opening these in MS
Excel 2003 or 2007, but I do get a message that says the file is in a
different format than specified by the file extension but it opens fine.

When I tyr to open these in MS Excel Viewer, it tells me the file is
corrupt. I don't need the full version of Excel with me on my notebook and
was hoping to just use the viewer. Is there a program from MS that can check
and correct these Excel files, like a recovery program, so I can use these
with viewer? Thanks.

Regards-Michael G.

"Michael Gerbasio" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I'm a a co-worker sending me spreadsheets that are created in alother
program and saved as Excel files. I have no problem opening these in MS
Excel 2003 or 2007, but I do get a message that says the file is in a
different format than specified by the file extension but it opens fine.

When I tyr to open these in MS Excel Viewer, it tells me the file is
corrupt. I don't need the full version of Excel with me on my notebook and
was hoping to just use the viewer. Is there a program from MS that can
check and correct these Excel files, like a recovery program, so I can use
these with viewer? Thanks.

Regards-Michael G.


What might this other program be?

Gordon,
I'm not sure, it may be a proprietary estimating program. We don't work for
the same company but are working on the same project.

Regards-Michael G.


"Gordon" wrote in message
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"Michael Gerbasio" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I'm a a co-worker sending me spreadsheets that are created in alother
program and saved as Excel files. I have no problem opening these in MS
Excel 2003 or 2007, but I do get a message that says the file is in a
different format than specified by the file extension but it opens fine.

When I tyr to open these in MS Excel Viewer, it tells me the file is
corrupt. I don't need the full version of Excel with me on my notebook
and was hoping to just use the viewer. Is there a program from MS that
can check and correct these Excel files, like a recovery program, so I
can use these with viewer? Thanks.

Regards-Michael G.


What might this other program be?

"Michael Gerbasio" wrote in message
...
Gordon,
I'm not sure, it may be a proprietary estimating program. We don't work
for the same company but are working on the same project.


I was just wondering whether it might have been Open Office...

Michael G,
Are you using the latest Excel viewer version?...
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

However, as that is a 76,000 kb download, I would think that installing a version
of Excel might be a better option.
--
Jim Cone
Portland, Oregon USA
http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware
(Excel Add-ins / Excel Programming)



"Michael Gerbasio"
wrote in message
Hi,
I'm a a co-worker sending me spreadsheets that are created in alother
program and saved as Excel files. I have no problem opening these in MS
Excel 2003 or 2007, but I do get a message that says the file is in a
different format than specified by the file extension but it opens fine.

When I tyr to open these in MS Excel Viewer, it tells me the file is
corrupt. I don't need the full version of Excel with me on my notebook and
was hoping to just use the viewer. Is there a program from MS that can check
and correct these Excel files, like a recovery program, so I can use these
with viewer? Thanks.

Regards-Michael G.

I don't use WORKS but perhaps?? it was a works file saved as an .xls file
that will open in xl2003 but may ?? not open with the viewer. Just a wild
guess....

--
Don Guillett
Microsoft MVP Excel
SalesAid Software

"Michael Gerbasio" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I'm a a co-worker sending me spreadsheets that are created in alother
program and saved as Excel files. I have no problem opening these in MS
Excel 2003 or 2007, but I do get a message that says the file is in a
different format than specified by the file extension but it opens fine.

When I tyr to open these in MS Excel Viewer, it tells me the file is
corrupt. I don't need the full version of Excel with me on my notebook and
was hoping to just use the viewer. Is there a program from MS that can
check and correct these Excel files, like a recovery program, so I can use
these with viewer? Thanks.

Regards-Michael G.

On Apr 23, 8:10*pm, "Michael Gerbasio" wrote:
Hi,
I'm a a co-worker sending me spreadsheets that are created in alother
program and saved asExcelfiles. I have no problem opening these in MSExcel2003 or 2007, but I do get a message that says the file is in a
different format than specified by the file extension but it opens fine.

When I tyr to open these in MSExcelViewer, it tells me the file iscorrupt. I don't need the full version ofExcelwith me on my notebook and
was hoping to just use the viewer. Is there a program from MS that can check
and correct theseExcelfiles, like a recovery program, so I can use these
with viewer? Thanks.

Regards-Michael G.

Hi,

I think you can try a utility called Advanced Excel Repair to repair
your Excel xls file. It works rather well for my corrupt Excel xls
files. Its web address is http://www.datanumen.com/aer/

Alan