Converting Lotus 1-2-3 files to Excel 2007 format

[Clas]

Hello Everybody,

Purchase new computer with Vista,
Vista nixes installation of my old Lotus 1-2-3 program (registry
upset),
Purchase Excel 2007,
Excel nixes understanding of Lotus 1-2-3 files,
Google-search internet and find media-convert.com, which succeeds in
converting a few Lotus files to Excel but gives up repeatedly on
others,
Google-search again and discover at pcworld.com a free download of
"Excel File Conversion Wizard" (yes, also from Lotus 1-2-3 to Excel)
with not a word of usage instructions,
Download it to where?,
Finally find it on Desktop as fileconv.xla,
Try Excel now,
Just as dumb as before,
Then try clicking on fileconv.xla itself,
Excel again plays dumb BUT also sends a note analyzing why it is dumb:
"Errors were detected in file fileconv.xla" and "This workbook has
lost its VBA project, ActiveX controls and any other programmability-
related features".

Obviously something more than just download should be done, but what?
Curtain, end of the game for this scant brain. Anybody knows? Anybody
wants to restore happiness to the world?

Hugs, Clas

 

[David Biddulph]

The .xla extension makes it look like an Excel Add-In, which on pre-2007
versions of Excel can be included through the Tools menu, but as that file
is dated 1997, & labelled as being applicable to Windows 95, I wouldn't be
confident that it will be usable with Excel 2007. The easy option is
probably to download Open Office.

 

[Duke Carey]

If you still have your older PC, use it to convert your 1-2-3 files to an
older Excel version or to a SYLK file. Excel 2007 can deal with either of
those.

 

[Harlan Grove]

If you still have your older PC, use it to convert your 1-2-3 files to an
older Excel version or to a SYLK file. Excel 2007 can deal with either of
those.

....

FWIW, no version of 123 ever read or wrote SYLK files.

There's also DataViz's ConversionPlus program.

http://www.dataviz.com/products/conversionsplus/index.html

 

[Clas]

...

FWIW, no version of 123 ever read or wrote SYLK files.

There's also DataViz's ConversionPlus program.

http://www.dataviz.com/products/conversionsplus/index.html

THANK YOU ALL -- I appreciate all help and followed the suggestion to
go back to the dying machine and save each file in Excel format,
something I did not even think was an option. The best solutions are
generally the simplest ones -- one just has to think right. Thanks
again, guys!