Can't open a file - seeing "excel cannot open this file - the file may have been damaged or modified

[Nolie_Rules]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

My system:
Macbook Pro - 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 duo, 4GB RAM
OS X 10.5.4
Excel 2008 for Mac 12.1.1

I have a budget spreadsheet that I've been using for 18 months and tend to update it every two weeks. It's ~2.2MB, has twelve worksheets and includes some graphs - nothing very special.

Yesterday I modified it and saved it. This morning when I tried to open it I I received the message "Excel cannot open this file the file may have been damaged or modified from its original format". I've googled the error message and tried a few of the suggestions like change the file extension to .xml and .xlsx and re-open to no avail.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Barry Wainwright]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

My system:
Macbook Pro - 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 duo, 4GB RAM
OS X 10.5.4
Excel 2008 for Mac 12.1.1

I have a budget spreadsheet that I've been using for 18 months and tend to update it every two weeks. It's ~2.2MB, has twelve worksheets and includes some graphs - nothing very special.

Yesterday I modified it and saved it. This morning when I tried to open it I I received the message "Excel cannot open this file the file may have been damaged or modified from its original format". I've googled the error message and tried a few of the suggestions like change the file extension to .xml and .xlsx and re-open to no avail.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Try opening the document in another programme such as Apple's 'Numbers',
or uploading it to GoogleDocs. If you can open it, make a slight change
then save it out in a format that Excel can read.

 

[Guest]

(e-mail address removed) wrote: > Version: 2008 > Operating System:
Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) > Processor: Intel > > My system: > Macbook Pro
- 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 duo, 4GB RAM > OS X 10.5.4 > Excel 2008 for Mac
12.1.1 > > I have a budget spreadsheet that I've been using for 18 months
and tend to update it every two weeks. It's ~2.2MB, has twelve worksheets
and includes some graphs - nothing very special. > > Yesterday I modified
it and saved it. This morning when I tried to open it I I received the
message "Excel cannot open this file the file may have been damaged or
modified from its original format". I've googled the error message and
tried a few of the suggestions like change the file extension to .xml
and .xlsx and re-open to no avail. > > Any suggestions would be greatly
appreciated. Try opening the document in another programme such as Apple's
'Numbers', or uploading it to GoogleDocs. If you can open it, make a slight
change then save it out in a format that Excel can read.






-- Barry Wainwright Microsoft MVP




Thanks Barry -Numbers opened the troubled spreadsheet immediately and the export back to Excel worked - Thanks.

All seems functional but the worksheets have been renamed (actually each sheet's name has been appended with a "- Table 1". A minor inconvenience.

Thanks Barry.