unable to read excel 97 files

[Sue]

My laptop has the XP operating system and the oil
companies we work for use the old Excel 97 spread
sheets. When I try to load the files I get
an "unreadable format xls." message. Is there anything I
can do short of purchasing a newer version of Office?

 

[Don Guillett]

What is your version.______? Version of the files ________?
If you have xl97 OR later, you should be able to open and read the xl97
files. If you have a later version and the files were saved as .xls files,
you still should be able to.

 

[Frank Kabel]

Hi
have you Excel installed on this machine?

 

[Gord Dibben]

Sue

From where are you trying to load the files? If from removable storage, try
copying to your hard drive first, then open.

How were the files saved? If directly to removable storage, corruption could
have taken place.

I have no problem opening Excel 97 files using Excel 2002 and 2003.

Gord Dibben Excel MVP