xp prof compatible w/office home and student

[gertie]

i have office home and student edition on my home pc. i tried to create and
send an excel spreadsheet to a coworker's workstation where they use xp
professional (2005 if believe). Email attachment would not open directly,
nor would it open when the coworker tried to save then open the spreadsheet.
Noticed that the extension was .xlsx is there a compatability issue that
can be hurdled? Thanks to all who read and respond

 

[Gordon]

i have office home and student edition on my home pc. i tried to create and
send an excel spreadsheet to a coworker's workstation where they use xp
professional (2005 if believe). Email attachment would not open directly,
nor would it open when the coworker tried to save then open the spreadsheet.
Noticed that the extension was .xlsx is there a compatability issue that
can be hurdled? Thanks to all who read and respond

Two options - either do a Save-As and save as 97-2003 format, or get
your co-worker to download and install the Office 2007 compatibility
Pack. as it's a work environment, you're probably stuck with the former...

 

[DL]

You have office 2007, which uses by default a new file format for Word &
Excel, unless you chose the option to 'save as' and select 2003 format.

If the other party has an earlier version of Office they would need to
download & install the Compatibility Pack from MS which will allow them to
view 2007 data which has been saved/created under the new format

 

[Gordon]

You have office 2007, which uses by default a new file format for Word &
Excel, unless you chose the option to 'save as' and select 2003 format.

If the other party has an earlier version of Office they would need to
download & install the Compatibility Pack

Which will quite probably be problematic as it's in a commercial
environment unless the IT dept OKs it...