Lotus 123

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Guest

The file has a 123 extension. When I try opening as file
type - the file is not displayed. If I choose "all files"
and try to open, Excel returns "Cannot Open Lotus 123 File"
 
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Harlan Grove

Peter Atherton said:
File, Open, choose File Type Lotus 1-2-3 Files
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Sad how some people can't pay attention to details. The OP was very clear,
..123 files, *not* .WK? files. Take a look in the Open dialog. It shows

Lotus 1-2-3 Files (*.wk?)

It does *NOT* show '(*.wk?; *.123)'.

This may not come up as often now as it did, say, 3 or 4 years ago, but
there's no way to open .123 files in any version of Excel, and there's very
likely *never* going to be. Microsoft doesn't need to win away 123 users any
more. The few hundred who remain aren't going to give up 123 no matter what
Microsoft does, and Microsoft isn't likely to expend any resources on a
handful of potential new users.

The *ONLY* software that can do anything with .123 files (other than hex
editors) are 32-bit versions of 123 itself, Quattro Pro version 10 and later
(don't bother with QP9, very buggy), and (as claimed in its marketing
materials) DataViz's ConversionPlus. That's all. Nothing else.
 
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