can't open exel file

[jim Bierfeldt]

Can't open an exel file (Office 2000) that I created last
week. Message is -- file format not valid. This is the
only version of Exel I have on my machine. Worked fine
when I created it. All my other exel files open with no
problem. Any advice out there?

 

[Jan Karel Pieterse]

Hi Jim,

Can't open an exel file (Office 2000) that I created last
week. Message is -- file format not valid. This is the
only version of Exel I have on my machine. Worked fine
when I created it. All my other exel files open with no
problem. Any advice out there?

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Regards,

Jan Karel Pieterse
Excel MVP
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[Earl Kiosterud]

Jim,

Could anyone have opened that file with Word, then saved it? It'd still
have the xls extension, but would be trashed from a workbook file
standpoint. Outrageous, I know, and many have wept.