Excel worksheet won't open.

[savemenow]

I am trying to open an excel documment that will not open, it is a xsls
extention i believe. all i get when i open the program is those wonderful
symbols throughout the page.

 

[Allllen]

what version of excel are you using to open the file?

 

[savemenow]

I believe that the file was created in office 2007 and I am using Office
2003. I know that there is a download to allow 2003 to open files that were
created by 2007 but i am not sure where to look for the download and if it is
already installed on my computer. Any ideas?

 

[Allllen]

see http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/HA100775611033.aspx
under the section
"Use file converters in earlier versions of Excel to open an Excel 2007
workbook"