Not compatible

[gcjames]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

I try to use Office 2008 to open the excel file which was made with Office 2007 for Windows. But it showed can not open. Is there any way to solve this problem?

Thanks in advance

Best regards

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

I try to use Office 2008 to open the excel file which was made with Office
2007 for Windows. But it showed can not open. Is there any way to solve this
problem?

Thanks in advance

Best regards

What does "it showed can not open" mean? How did you try to open it?
Directly from the email? Did you save it to your hard drive? Have you tried
Starting Excel and then using File-Open? Do you get an error message? Which
one?

 

[gcjames]

Bob,

I found you're point out some to me.

The following dialog comes out when I double click on the xlsx file on my desktop or attachment in my e-mail.

"Excel can not open this file

The file might been damaged or modified from his original format."



But it can be open if I start the application first and chose "open" and chose the file from desktop. (I just found this difference).

Do you know why?

Thanks in advance.

Best regards

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

Bob,

I found you're point out some to me.

The following dialog comes out when I double click on the xlsx file on my
desktop or attachment in my e-mail.

"Excel can not open this file

The file might been damaged or modified from his original format."



But it can be open if I start the application first and chose "open" and chose
the file from desktop. (I just found this difference).

Do you know why?

Thanks in advance.

Best regards

No, I do not know why. What version of Mac Excel are you using?