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Mac Forum / Applications / Excel / May 2008Can't open Excel 2007 .xlsx file in Excel 2008
The information says I should be able to open this - what am I doing wrong? I'm new to Mac....please help..... Says file may have been damaged or modified from original format. I have also tried .xls files and nothing will open from my Office 2007....??? On 2/8/08 5:41 PM, in article ee8cbea.-1@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, > The information says I should be able to open this - what am I doing wrong? > I'm new to Mac....please help..... Says file may have been damaged or modified > from original format. I have also tried .xls files and nothing will open from > my Office 2007....??? Well, it is supposed to work. How (what version of Excel) was the file created? How did it get to you? Is this error on the same file when it is resaved in xls?  SignatureBob Greenblatt [MVP], Macintosh bobgreenblattATmsnDOTcom I have a similar issue also. I have only just purchased office 2008 and I can't open an xls file just sent to me. it WILL open in pc so its not their file. I have only purchased office 08 last week and it says it is up to date when i look for updates. Any idea? On 2/14/08 3:28 AM, in article ee8cbea.1@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, "Nova" > I have a similar issue also. I have only just purchased office 2008 and I > can't open an xls file just sent to me. it WILL open in pc so its not their > file. > > I have only purchased office 08 last week and it says it is up to date when i > look for updates. Any idea? You'll need to provide a little more information. What does "can't open" mean? Do you get an error? Which one? How are you trying to open it - double click, drag onto Excel icon, File-Open. Tell us in detail what you are doing and what Excel is doing/not doing and we can help. SignatureBob Greenblatt [MVP], Macintosh bobgreenblattATmsnDOTcom Hi! Thanks for responding. I created the file on a PC with Excel 2007 and saved as the standard .xlsx and emailed to my mac as an attachment. When I try to open the attachment it tells me the file is corrupt or has been protected (which is not the case.) I have since found if I copy the .xlsx file to a flash drive it will open just fine on my mac with no changes. Why would the file open from a flash drive but not as an attachment when emailed? On Feb 9, 6:41 am, N...@officeformac.com wrote: > The information says I should be able to open this - what am I doing wrong? I'm new to Mac....please help..... Says file may have beendamagedor modified from original format. I have also tried .xls files and nothing will open from my Office 2007....??? Hi, I think you should try some restore tools to fix this proble. And I suggest Advanced Excel Repair to repair your Excel file. It is a powerful tool to repair corrupt or damaged Excel files and helps me a lot. Detailed information about Advanced Excel Repair can be found at http://www.datanumen.com/aer/ And you can also download a free demo version at http://www.datanumen.com/aer/aer.exe Hope this will help. Alan >On Feb 9, 6:41 am, N...@officeformac.com wrote: >> The information says I should be able to open this - what am I doing wrong? I'm new to Mac....please help..... Says file may have beendamagedor modified from original format. I have also tried .xls files and nothing will open from my Office 2007....??? [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >Alan Ok maybe you guys can help me. The issue is: a client recently "UPGRADED" to Office 2008 on a MAC. -= He double clicks on a .xls document, and it opens Excel, but the document does not display. -= If he opens it from File --> Open .. the document does display. So the file type is registered when double clicking on the file from the desktop, but when it launches excel, nothing shows .. ( the file does not open in excel, it just opens excel ) Im wondering what this issue could be. - Possible things I could try first though, - Uninstall and reinstall ( since it was upgraded ) please let me know what you think. |
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