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Excel 2007 backward compatability?
My old EXCEL spreadsheets are being saved as .xlsx which cannot be openened
when emailed to another PC using an earlier edition of Office. As there are no help files in the new 2007 Office suite I am at a loss to solve the problem myself. Can anyone help please? |
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Excel 2007 backward compatability?
Hi,
Microsoft provides a free converter for the 2003 users: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en -- Thanks, Shane Devenshire "Reggie D." wrote: My old EXCEL spreadsheets are being saved as .xlsx which cannot be openened when emailed to another PC using an earlier edition of Office. As there are no help files in the new 2007 Office suite I am at a loss to solve the problem myself. Can anyone help please? |
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Excel 2007 backward compatability?
Shane,
Thx the quick response. Pardon my ignorance but are there ant Office edition between 2003 and 2007 that might not be solved by the converter you suggest nas what does the xlsx signify as opposed to the simple xls? Reggie D. "ShaneDevenshire" wrote: Hi, Microsoft provides a free converter for the 2003 users: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en -- Thanks, Shane Devenshire "Reggie D." wrote: My old EXCEL spreadsheets are being saved as .xlsx which cannot be openened when emailed to another PC using an earlier edition of Office. As there are no help files in the new 2007 Office suite I am at a loss to solve the problem myself. Can anyone help please? |
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Excel 2007 backward compatability?
There are no versions between 2003 and 2007,
Excel 2007 uses a different file format, they are zipped files of various components, and because of this, MS use a different file extension to signify 2007 files. xlsx are the 2007 equivalent to xls, files, are there are also xlsm (macro enabled files) and xlam, equivalent to xla files. As Shane said, anyone can download the free compatibility pack so that 2003 users can open the new file formats. The compatibility packs work well, but if the 2007 files contain any of the new features of 2007, they will be stripped out when opened in 2003 as that version knows nothing about them. It is also possible to save a file in Excel 2007 in 97-2003 format. Such files will have 65536 rows, 256 columns as Excel 2003 has, and when saved new functionality is lost, but they can be easily opened in Excel 2003 with or without the compatibility packs. -- __________________________________ HTH Bob "Reggie D." wrote in message ... Shane, Thx the quick response. Pardon my ignorance but are there ant Office edition between 2003 and 2007 that might not be solved by the converter you suggest nas what does the xlsx signify as opposed to the simple xls? Reggie D. "ShaneDevenshire" wrote: Hi, Microsoft provides a free converter for the 2003 users: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en -- Thanks, Shane Devenshire "Reggie D." wrote: My old EXCEL spreadsheets are being saved as .xlsx which cannot be openened when emailed to another PC using an earlier edition of Office. As there are no help files in the new 2007 Office suite I am at a loss to solve the problem myself. Can anyone help please? |
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Excel 2007 backward compatability?
Bob Phillips wrote:
There are no versions between 2003 and 2007, Excel 2007 uses a different file format, they are zipped files of various components, and because of this, MS use a different file extension to signify 2007 files. xlsx are the 2007 equivalent to xls, files, are there are also xlsm (macro enabled files) and xlam, equivalent to xla files. As Shane said, anyone can download the free compatibility pack so that 2003 users can open the new file formats. The compatibility packs work well, but if the 2007 files contain any of the new features of 2007, they will be stripped out when opened in 2003 as that version knows nothing about them. It is also possible to save a file in Excel 2007 in 97-2003 format. Such files will have 65536 rows, 256 columns as Excel 2003 has, and when saved new functionality is lost, but they can be easily opened in Excel 2003 with or without the compatibility packs. And if you wish to save in the 97-2003 format by default, you can click the Office button Excel options at the bottom of the drop down and then select save and set the default format there. gls858 |
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