What happens in these situations? Nothing? A warning/dialog box? My first thought is to check/repair permissions. Another would be to "Get Info" on the file, go to "Open With", navigate to Excel, then verify to "Always Open With...". Hmm - what size is the file? Do you know for a fact it's a legitimate Excel file?
A very round about method, but perhaps worth a shot: Open the file in AppleWorks. It should translate okay. Try saving as an Excel sheet, or just Copy & Paste over. Note that if this workbook contains more than one worksheet you may have problems as AppleWorks doesn't handle multiple sheets (IIRC) HTH On Sat, 7 Feb 2004, CONGELADORA MORELIA wrote: > Do any of you kind souls know how I can open a specific Excel workbook > which refuses to open. > > I've tried thefollowing, to no avail: > > 1) clicking on the workbook icon as usual, as I have done with that > particular workbook for almost 2 years. > 2) opening the workbook from within the Excel application. > 3) clicking on an alias of the workbook > 4) clicking on a copy of the workbook. > 5) restarting the Mac several times > 6) shutting down and booting up the Mac several times. > > I unfortunately have no recent backup of the workbook. All other files, > documents and applications work perfectly. > > All advice will be gratefully appreciated. > > TIA > > Alain > > PowerBook G4 , 640M Ram, 12", OS 10.2.8, Office X with Microsoft Excel > X for Mac Serviced Release 1 > > > -- Non Illegitimi Carborundum -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
