Loading Office 95 to XP

[Tim]

When I loaded Office 95 to my XP, I had no problem. I
can use excel just fine. If someone sends me an excel
file, I can't open it. The error reads "Program
name.xls: file format is not valid" What is causing this?

Thanks,
Tim

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Tim,

The MS Excel spreadsheet file format changed after
Office 95. One method is to have the person sending
you the Excel file is to use File=>Save As and select
the MS Excel 5.0/95 file type.

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When I loaded Office 95 to my XP, I had no problem. I
can use excel just fine. If someone sends me an excel
file, I can't open it. The error reads "Program
name.xls: file format is not valid" What is causing this?

Thanks,
Tim >>
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I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

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