Compatibility between Mac Excel 2008 and Windows 2003 Excel

[Prd689]

We are having a major problem at work with our Excel programs. I have a
Macbook Pro with Leopard and Office 2008. My senior level Managers use Office
2007 and the rest use 2003 on Windows. I maintain our company Data on Excel
2008 and for some reason when my boss sends me his information from 2007 I
can't save it as an earlier Workbook. It tells me no new fonts can be added
and document not saved..? What is the deal? We try to send my file to him and
have him convert it to earlier versions on his PC but the formatting always
ends up screwy for the end-users with 2003...How can we fix this?

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

We are having a major problem at work with our Excel programs. I have a
Macbook Pro with Leopard and Office 2008. My senior level Managers use Office
2007 and the rest use 2003 on Windows. I maintain our company Data on Excel
2008 and for some reason when my boss sends me his information from 2007 I
can't save it as an earlier Workbook. It tells me no new fonts can be added
and document not saved..? What is the deal? We try to send my file to him and
have him convert it to earlier versions on his PC but the formatting always
ends up screwy for the end-users with 2003...How can we fix this?

In order for us to help you "fix this" you need to describe what you think
is broken. What does 'screwy" mean. What happens? Let's start with 1 problem
at a time. You receive a .xlsx file created in Excel 2007, and get the "no
more fonts" message, correct? How many fonts are used? How many worksheets
in the workbook? Do you have many charts using chart scaling?

We can't read your mind or intuitively know what "screwy" or "doesn't work"
means. You have to describe your exact environment, OS level, Office version
and update level, and what you are experiencing.

You, and many others on this forum are doing the equivalent of going to a
doctor and saying "I feel funny, prescribe something to cure it."