Brilliant. Solution to opening (and recovering) Excel workbook data was
opening the workbook from within the icExcel demo application. All data
recovered. One minor glitch: formatting was lost, but no harm done. I
will buy icExcel.
I must assume that the particular workbook was corrupted seen
On Sun, 8 Feb 2004, CONGELADORA MORELIA wrote:
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4) File size: 290Kb (small but unfortunately containing important data).
Despite lack of success, I'm still hoping, and I'm still all ears to
any advice.
Not sure if I suggested this here or in another thread - if there's only
one sheet in
It was someone else's file. I support a 'bilingual' environment 60%/40% PC
to Mac. Sometimes the best solutions I come up involve a mac smiling
through a window!
It is worth noting thought that unlike Alain, my case involved a flat
data-file. There was no importing involved. I never did
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
On Sat, 7 Feb 2004, Kris McGrath wrote:
I admit up-front- this isn't the kind of advice I normally give.
Try opening the file on a PC with MS Office. I had this happen for someone
with an iMac DV, OS 9.1, Office 2001. I tried on a couple of different macs
and didn't get anywhere. When I
Thanks for the possible solutions offered, which I have tried, as
follows:
1)Permissions: The file is mine, permissions seem to be OK (I'm the
owner/ only user, registered as Administrator). No password protection,
so passwords not an issue. File not locked.
2)Warning/dialogue boxes: I get
on 08/02/04 20:38, CONGELADORA MORELIA at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Thanks for the possible solutions offered, which I have tried, as
follows:
1)Permissions: The file is mine, permissions seem to be OK (I'm the
owner/ only user, registered as Administrator). No password protection,
so
Another possible solution is to use MacLink Plus Deluxe to access the file. You can
set the software up to translate the file from one version to another. It can also be
used to identify the existing file's author and version. Finally, it can be used to
open the file in a fashion similar to
laurent.daudelin wrote:
on 08/02/04 20:38, CONGELADORA MORELIA wrote:
Thanks for the possible solutions offered, which I have tried, as follows:
Have you tried icexcel.? There is a free trial download. I bought it, and it has always
opened every spreadsheet. I also have icword.
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
I admit up-front- this isn't the kind of advice I normally give.
Try opening the file on a PC with MS Office. I had this happen for someone
with an iMac DV, OS 9.1, Office 2001. I tried on a couple of different macs
and didn't get anywhere. When I tried on my PC, it showed the Conversion
in
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