excel xp spreadsheet > excel 5.0

  • Thread starter Geoff - not as sharp as he thought!
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Geoff - not as sharp as he thought!

I have created sheet with office xp. brilliant. does what i need it to.
contains macros. sent this to work which is running office dinosaur version
and it cannot load vbe. is there a way round this without buying newer
version for work? please help.
thanks
 
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Don Guillett

Bite the bullet and buy a newer version. Look on Ebay but be sure you get a
LEGAL copy you can register. Your xl2002 should work with xl97 and later.

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Geoff - not as sharp as he thought!

I thought that was probably it. Trouble is my work is controlled by a tight
fisted IT department.
Thanks anyway.
 
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Dave Peterson

How about trying to save the file at home as either:
Microsoft Excel 5.0/95 Workbook (*.xls)
or
Microsoft Excel 97-Excel 2002 & 5.0/95 workbook (*.xls)

(from xl2003--but xl2002 should have wording that's close.)

The second option actually creates a file with both versions in it--so it'll be
double the size. The first option is just the older version.

Be aware that there are new things added to excel with each version (duh!), so
you may find that you created a macro that has parts that aren't supported in
the old version.

You'll want to test the heck out of it when you open it at work.

As a general rule, it's usually much better to create the macro in the oldest
version that you need to support.
 
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Jon Peltier

Actually, the version of VBA used in Excel 97 is older than that used by
2000 and later, so some code may just not work.

- Jon
 
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Jon Peltier

Is this a serious company with a serious IT department? Excel 5.0 is at
least 13 years old. Of course, you're probably running Excel 95 on an old
80586.

- Jon
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Bruce Sinclair

Is this a serious company with a serious IT department? Excel 5.0 is at
least 13 years old. Of course, you're probably running Excel 95 on an old
80586.
Click to expand...

There's an assumtion or two here that this is a "bad thing". I can't see why
if the setup is doing everything needed and nothing that's not. :)
 
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Jon Peltier

Other than compatibility with ROTW. Is IT providing accounting with updated
software that tracks changes to GAAP and the tax code?

- Jon
 
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