File is not a recognizable format.

[karrythomas]

Hello,

I have an Excel Spreadsheet (Excel v. X for Mac) that I use almost
daily. It contains all of my invoicing history as well as projects that
are currently in progress. When I try to open it, it gives the above
message. The file will still open, but all of the worksheets have been
combined into one sheet and I can see that the data is still there,
just all jumbled together in a manner that doesn't make much sense to
me. I did find that there was a "damaged file" folder created a few
days ago and it contains this Excel spreadsheet that is vital to my
daily routine. Is it possible to retrieve this information or salvage
this file in any way? It seems like since the file will open, there is
some hope.

Any guidance is greatly appreciated!

All the best,
KT

 

[Hilena Hailu [MSFT]]

Karry,

The suggestions by CyberTaz are good. Please do let us know (in a new
thread) if the problem is still occuring and what is different about the
file before and after the problem started.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Regards,
Hilena Hailu
Macintosh Business Unit
Microsoft Corp.

 

[CyberTaz]

Hello Hilena -

Odd we didn't hear anything more from the OP, huh? I guess he/she either got
fixed or got fired!

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac