Excel 97 for Mac won't open in Excel for Office XP

[Sarah]

Hi, I am trying to open an Excel document in Windows XP (Office XP Professional) that was created on a Macintosh using OS 9 and Excel 97/98. The file is unrecognized, but can be (sort of) opened if I use the File Open Wizard and convert it using delimited width, although it removes all formatting and puts in a lot of extra characters and garbage. I need the file to open up relatively in the same way it looks on the Mac, because it has graphs in it.

Thanks so much,
Sarah

 

[Jan Karel Pieterse]

Hi Sarah,

Hi, I am trying to open an Excel document in Windows XP
(Office XP Professional) that was created on a Macintosh
using OS 9 and Excel 97/98. The file is unrecognized,

Try saving the file as an older Excel format (on the MAC).

Regards,

Jan Karel Pieterse
Excel MVP

 

[Guest]

There may also be a Save As option to let you save it as
a PC version of the file.

-----Original Message-----
Hi, I am trying to open an Excel document in Windows XP

(Office XP Professional) that was created on a Macintosh
using OS 9 and Excel 97/98. The file is unrecognized, but
can be (sort of) opened if I use the File Open Wizard and
convert it using delimited width, although it removes all
formatting and puts in a lot of extra characters and
garbage. I need the file to open up relatively in the
same way it looks on the Mac, because it has graphs in it.