Expense Form Template Question

[merrickmgtdotcom]

Hello,

How do I create an Expense Report Template in Excel with form fields
that has the following ability:

1-Has the ability to be *automatically* emailed to me (the company
administrator) when the user clicks the send button, yet come to me in
a format that is readable.

One of the company managers made up such a form, but when it's emailed
to me it comes as an xml and the fields make no sense. They are PC
users, I am a Mac user.

Thanks!

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Hi Merrick,

The Windows Office team decided to ship Office 2007 for Windows before the
entire Office suite was compatible with the new file format.

You will be able to read those XML files when:
1. Microsoft has an Excel converter for Office 2004 and/or
2. When Office 2008 is available, which will be Jan 15, 2008

I expect #1 to occur before #2.

Microsoft has already released converters for Word and PowerPoint, so the
Excel converter is probably not too far off.

Meanwhile, if your administrator doesn't mind helping Microsoft out a
little, she/he could use .xls as the default format until Microsoft is
actually ready for everyone to start using .xml format. Having to change
that setting is one of the costs of being out of step with the crowd, but
it's a small price to pay to satisfy their workbook "consumers."

-Jim

Hello,

How do I create an Expense Report Template in Excel with form fields
that has the following ability:

1-Has the ability to be *automatically* emailed to me (the company
administrator) when the user clicks the send button, yet come to me in
a format that is readable.

One of the company managers made up such a form, but when it's emailed
to me it comes as an xml and the fields make no sense. They are PC
users, I am a Mac user.

Thanks!

--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

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