Apple Mac Excel documents

[Karen Souter]

I have an Apple Mac and cannot open some Excel documents. I have tried it
with version 2004 and 2008 to no avail.

Is there an answer to this issue.

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

I have an Apple Mac and cannot open some Excel documents. I have tried it
with version 2004 and 2008 to no avail.

Is there an answer to this issue.

The can be no answer to this issue until you explain what "cannot open"
means. Did you double click on the file? Did you try to open it from the
File-Open menu? What happens? Do you get an error? What version of Excel are
you using? What Operating system version? Where did the file originate? How
was it sent to you?

 

[Karen Souter]

The can be no answer to this issue until you explain what "cannot open"
means. Did you double click on the file? Did you try to open it from the
File-Open menu? What happens? Do you get an error? What version of Excel are
you using? What Operating system version? Where did the file originate? How
was it sent to you?

--
Bob Greenblatt [MVP], Macintosh
bobgreenblattATmsnDOTcom

Hi,

The file in question was down loaded from from a web site. The error
message was that the document couldn't be opened because there was no
application to open it. so nothing happened.
The version tried was 2004 but it has also been tried on 2008.

Thanks for your help
Karen

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

The file in question was down loaded from from a web site. The error
message was that the document couldn't be opened because there was no
application to open it. so nothing happened.
The version tried was 2004 but it has also been tried on 2008.

Thanks for your help
Karen

What happens when you use Excel's File-Open, and navigate to the file?

 

[Karen Souter]

Brilliant!! Thank you.

What happens when you use Excel's File-Open, and navigate to the file?

 

[lacon]

10-23-08
Dear Mr. Greenblatt:

I am new to Mactopia and not sure how I'm suppose to direct my question but please assist me.

I have a MacBook Pro 10.5 Leopard and purchased from the Apple store Microsoft Office Suite for Mac (2008 v 12.1.2 with a 12.1.2 Update as the lastest install). My problem is with the Excel program.

I did my disbursements journal in Exccel on my old Windows XP for PC, saved it and imported it to my MacBook Pro. It opened without difficulty. I proceeded to enter new data and saved my work.

Now I need to used this work on a PC but it won't open in the PC. I get an error message saying on my PC Excel saying I should choose a compatible program if I have not used Excel.

I am confused as to why the PC doesn't recognize the MAC Excel. I did save it for PC.

What can I do to make the Excel work on both computers?

Thanks for any assistance.

lacon

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

10-23-08
Dear Mr. Greenblatt:

I am new to Mactopia and not sure how I'm suppose to direct my question but
please assist me.

I have a MacBook Pro 10.5 Leopard and purchased from the Apple store Microsoft
Office Suite for Mac (2008 v 12.1.2 with a 12.1.2 Update as the lastest
install). My problem is with the Excel program.

I did my disbursements journal in Exccel on my old Windows XP for PC, saved it
and imported it to my MacBook Pro. It opened without difficulty. I proceeded
to enter new data and saved my work.

Now I need to used this work on a PC but it won't open in the PC. I get an
error message saying on my PC Excel saying I should choose a compatible
program if I have not used Excel.

I am confused as to why the PC doesn't recognize the MAC Excel. I did save it
for PC.

What can I do to make the Excel work on both computers?

Thanks for any assistance.

lacon

Sounds like Excel is working on both computers, the problem is that the
windows version is not reading the Macintosh file.

What version of Excel is on the PC? If it is version 2003, make sure that
you are saving the Macintosh file as an Excel 97-2004 workbook.

How are you getting the file to the PC? Email? If so, check to make sure the
file is not being compressed.

How are you opening it on the PC? Does File-Open work? Is the Macintosh
version saved with an extension?

There should be absolutely NO problems exchanging files between Macintosh
and PC. I do it ALL THE TIME. NO file conversion is necessary.