Excel crashes when opening file created by Windows user

[Peter McCallum]

Hi
I have been sent a file that is used for keeping simple books of
account for a school parent support organisation. I have Office 2004
intalled on my eMac running OSX.3.5. Whenever I try to open the file
Excel crashes.

I haven't used Excel before, I usually use Appleworks for simple
spreadsheets or a programmable database such as Panorama for more
complicated work.

The IT department at government department that sent me the file
responded that it was crashing because it was being used on a Mac.
Very helpful! :-S

Is there some way I can save this file on a Windows machine, or other
way, to make it compatible with the Mac. I have no idea how it has
been created. From the accompanying (Word) manual, it seems to contain
some macros and graphics.

I have translated it to Appleworks using MacLink Plus and back to
Excel. It looks ok but loses its functionality.

It's about 500kB if anyone would like a copy to play with.

Hope you can help

Peter

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

Hi
I have been sent a file that is used for keeping simple books of
account for a school parent support organisation. I have Office 2004
intalled on my eMac running OSX.3.5. Whenever I try to open the file
Excel crashes.

I haven't used Excel before, I usually use Appleworks for simple
spreadsheets or a programmable database such as Panorama for more
complicated work.

The IT department at government department that sent me the file
responded that it was crashing because it was being used on a Mac.
Very helpful! :-S

Is there some way I can save this file on a Windows machine, or other
way, to make it compatible with the Mac. I have no idea how it has
been created. From the accompanying (Word) manual, it seems to contain
some macros and graphics.

I have translated it to Appleworks using MacLink Plus and back to
Excel. It looks ok but loses its functionality.

It's about 500kB if anyone would like a copy to play with.

Hope you can help

Peter

It clearly should not crash. Since it contains some macros there may be
macro code, or active X controls that will not work properly on a Mac. If
you email a copy of it to me I'll be happy to take a look.