Opening a template on Microsoft Excel 2004 (Mac)

[Maria Rana]

I'm trying to open a template that I downloaded from
office.microsoft.com on Microsoft Excel 2004 for Mac (Version
11.3.5). I followed all of the instructions on
http://word.mvps.org/Mac/Using-Windows-Templates.html and got the
step
where File Juicer juiced the .cab and opened 4 files: inf, txt, URLs,
and xls. After opening all of the files, I think the one in the xls
folder was the actual document. It is named 10115417.pub.xls. Now
my
problem is opening that file. When I go to Excel and go to File>Open
and find the file, I can see the preview of the document in the Open:
Microsoft Excel box but then when I actually click open, I get a
message saying "10115417.pub.xls: file format not valid."

I think I'm supposed to change the file extension but I'm not sure.
If changing the file extension means just changing the name, I tried
that and it doesn't work. I know I'm really close to opening it but
am missing something! Any suggestions?

 

[CyberTaz]

Sorry Maria - what you downloaded is a template for Office 2007 - Windows
based XML format - which can't be used by an earlier version of Office - PC
or Mac. You'll need to locate one specified for Office 2003 or earlier

If you go to the Mactopia web site & d/l the Beta filters you may still be
able to make it work - not sure how well it handles templates. The filters
are primarily for regular files.

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



On 9/29/07 10:15 AM, in article
(e-mail address removed), "Maria Rana"

I'm trying to open a template that I downloaded from
office.microsoft.com on Microsoft Excel 2004 for Mac (Version
11.3.5). I followed all of the instructions on
http://word.mvps.org/Mac/Using-Windows-Templates.html and got the
step
where File Juicer juiced the .cab and opened 4 files: inf, txt, URLs,
and xls. After opening all of the files, I think the one in the xls
folder was the actual document. It is named 10115417.pub.xls. Now
my
problem is opening that file. When I go to Excel and go to File>Open
and find the file, I can see the preview of the document in the Open:
Microsoft Excel box but then when I actually click open, I get a
message saying "10115417.pub.xls: file format not valid."

I think I'm supposed to change the file extension but I'm not sure.
If changing the file extension means just changing the name, I tried
that and it doesn't work. I know I'm really close to opening it but
am missing something! Any suggestions?