File won't open. Error message "too many different cell formats"

[baytulsa]

I saved a file to day. When I tried to reopen I got the error message above.
How can I open the file?

 

[Dave Peterson]

Saved from a previous post:

XL: Error Message: Too Many Different Cell Formats
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=213904

And if you ever have trouble opening this file, you may want to try openOffice.

http://www.openoffice.org, a 60-65 meg download or a CD

A few people have posted that they could open the file in OpenOffice, then
remove some of the formatting, save it and then excel would open that file ok.