File format not valid

[Jay]

Trying to open a file that windows says is a scrap file.
The file has an extension of .xls.shs but when opened
excel states that 'file format is not valid'.

Ran a virus scan which came back clear. Tryied removing
the extension .shs and reassociated the file with excel
still no luck.

Any Ideas?

 

[Dave Peterson]

I've never used Scrap files in excel, but in Word, you can select a range and
drag it to your desktop.

If you want to use it in another document, you just drag it from the desktop to
the location in the new document.

I just tried do the eqivalent in xl2002 (win98) and got an error message when I
tried to drag a range to the desktop. I'm not sure why I got the error--a setup
option that I didn't choose--or if I broke something.

But you could try it to see if it works for you.

 

[Dave Peterson]

I just tried it again and it worked fine in xl.

Who knows what I did wrong the first 7 times!

But it brought it back as an embedded document inside the worksheet. I could
double click on it and steal the values, but it surely doesn't seem worth the
trouble to me. (Maybe you'll find it more useful, though.)