Excel Problems

[karen.turner]

I hope you can help with a problem with a spreadsheet
caused by compatibility between word & excel

I had a multi-page spreadsheet which I opened via Word by
mistake - some of the data is now missing in word

Now I can't open the spreadsheet other than in Word
although it is still a.xls file

Opening in Excel you get "file format is not valid" error
message. It will open in Word but not all the data is
there. Can I recover this file?

 

[Ken Wright]

I don't think you can - maybe someone else can prove me wrong, but I think you
need to be looking for a backup copy if you can find one.

 

[Lady Layla]

Although it is still has the .xls extension, by opening and saving in Word, it
is now a Word Document. Only way to recover is to cut and paste into a new
Excel spreadsheet. The data that is missing is gone.

Unless you have a backup copy of the file





: I hope you can help with a problem with a spreadsheet
: caused by compatibility between word & excel
:
: I had a multi-page spreadsheet which I opened via Word by
: mistake - some of the data is now missing in word
:
: Now I can't open the spreadsheet other than in Word
: although it is still a.xls file
:
: Opening in Excel you get "file format is not valid" error
: message. It will open in Word but not all the data is
: there. Can I recover this file?