Excel 2011 can't open old Excel 98 or Excel X files

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05-07-2012, 11:03 PM

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Windows 7 64bit Excel 2011 can't open old Excel 98 or Excel X files

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Hi FLJohnson,

That suggests the files are either:
• corrupt; or
• stored in a non-Excel format (ie either not originally Excel, or subsequently archived in some other format)

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