Excel Mobile doesn't like XL2000 file?

[Ed from AZ]

I have Excel 2000 on my laptop & Excel Mobile on my phone (WinMo 6.1,
XL Mobile 6.1). The synced file opens and saves fine on my laptop (no
conditional formatting or macros).

It opens okay on my phone, but doesn't want to save when I close. I
get a warning that "unsupported formatting may be lost". I hit SaveAs,
give it the same name, and replace the file. It saves as Excel
95/2003.

Is there any way around this conflict, short of upgrading to XL2007 on
my laptop?

Ed

 

[Beverly Howard]

a warning that "unsupported formatting may be lost" <<

That message should be related to using unsupported features which were
already in the file created on the pc when you first opened it...

Might take a look at http://bevhoward.com/pexcel.htm to see if perhaps
you are using one or more of these functions.

There may be other features not listed here as well.

A good test would be to create a simple worksheet table on the pc, open
it on the ppc and edit it, then see if you get the same message on close.

Beverly Howard

 

[Ed from AZ]

Thanks, Bev and Todd. I guess I'll just live with what's it's doing -
since it's going to keep doing it!

Ed

 

[Beverly Howard]

Starting (IIRC) with WM6... <<

And people make fun of me for still using a 2003se device??? sheese! ;-)

Beverly Howard

 

[Ed from AZ]

I did find one issue - when I created the sheet in XL2000, I had one
column formatted as currency, with negatives turning red. It appears
MoXL doesn't support this. Haven't tried another sync to see what
happens, but I can save changes on my device.

Ed