Re: Error message opening excel after using Vista by Olórin
Olórin
Tue Mar 25 07:34:16 PDT 2008
mark@ctcommunications.com wrote:
> Thanks Don. I'll check out a Vista group; not sure what I was
> thinking. probably because it was created on an XP station. Thanks!
>
> "Don Phillipson" wrote:
>
>> "mark@ctcommunications.com"
>> <markctcommunicationscom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:EA581843-8B97-46FB-86B4-59EAD9BECDB5@microsoft.com...
>>
>>> Howdy. I opened up our companies excel worksheet that has our IP
>>> addresses in it. well after checking it out (i'm using Vista SP1)
>>> no one is able to open it anymore. It says it may be marked read
>>> only or the server may not be up neither of which is the case. Any
>>> ideas what's going on and if I can fix it without resorting to my
>>> backup system? thanks.
>>
>> We presume you have located the worksheet file. Copy it
>> elsewhere and work on the copy, not the original.
>>
>> 1. If Vista caused your problem, you are likely to find
>> the solution in a Vista newsgroup. (But there are usually
>> several different ways to kill any particular cat.)
>> 2. If you merely want to know your IP addresses,
>> IPCONFIG will tell you. If you want to alter your IP
>> addresses, you will get better advice in a networking NG.
>> 3. Having copied your source file, what is its filetype?
>> A multitude of apps can read and display (if not change)
>> data in files of type XLS, XML and so on. If in doubt,
>> post again in a newsgroup of the right sort.
>>
>> --
>> Don Phillipson
>> Carlsbad Springs
>> (Ottawa, Canada)
Could it be that you've got Office 2007 on your machine, you saved the
spreadsheet when you closed it, and this converted it to the Office 2007
format with a .xlsx extension, which your other machines with Office 2003 or
before can't open? Just a thought...