Can't open an Excel document in Mac Office 2004 but can in Windows

[med8or]

I have a document that has been sent to me that Office 2004 won't open,
but Excel XP will. When I open it, a progress dialogue starts saying
"Converting Meta file" and then another window opens and says "unable
to read file".

Console reports:

Excel(451,0xa000eca8) malloc: *** vm_allocate(size=2068299776) failed
(error code=3)
Excel(451,0xa000eca8) malloc: *** error: can't allocate region
Excel(451,0xa000eca8) malloc: *** set a breakpoint in szone_error to
debug

Any ideas? The document was created using a Windows version of Excel.

Thanks!

J

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi J -

I'm not savvy enough to interpret the code but my guess would be that
although XL *files* are compatible cross-platform some of the objects you
can stuff them with *aren't* - and that appears to be the case here.

It could be a graphic element or some other embedded object in the file or
something else that Mac XL can't figure out what to do with. If you can open
the file in PC XL & either remove or replace that object you'll probably
have better response on the Mac side.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Geoff Lilley]

My 2 cents, for what it's worth:
1) Userforms generated from VBA can wreak havoc. Doesn't take much -
even a combo box and a command button can kill it.
2) Check to see if the workbook has any PivotTables. If it does,
check the Table Options, and see if any of them are set to "Refresh on
Open." Again, my experience has taught me (the hard way) that these
can be problematic.

HTH
Geoff