re can't open excel file

[bill]

mr. taurenian; thnks for the advice but next to the open
button on my excel version there is no arrow. it simply
says control + O. Also, where do I find the Excel NG?
Thanks.
>-----Original Message-----
>Next to the Open Button is a little arrow, click on that.
>Select Open and Repair. It may or may not work.
>Otherwise post your question to the Excel NG.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>
>>I get the message XLS File Format Is Not Valid when I
try
>>to open a Microsoft Excel file on my computer even
though
>>it opens without any problems on other computers. I
have
>>Excel version 5.0a. Could it be a Windows XP problem? I
>>don't have access to the other computers anymore so I
>>don't know which versions they have. Does anyone have
>>ideas as to what the problem is? Thanks.
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

"bill" > wrote in message

> mr. taurenian; thnks for the advice but next to the open
> button on my excel version there is no arrow. it simply
> says control + O. Also, where do I find the Excel NG?
> Thanks.

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.escel.misc
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.escel.newusers

There are a whoe bunch of others, but those are a good place to start.

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