Office 2003 and 2007

[Andrew]

I use a lot of government spreadsheets in my job, and I was accessing some
from FHFB.gov and every time I downloaded their excel data I kept getting
errors.

I called them to discuss what was going on and it was that they have office
2007 and only save files as 2003 files, but I was still unable to open them
up. I didn't have any problems with their older spreadsheets that were made
with the 2003 version of excel. I am not sure why I wouldn't able to open a
spreadsheet that was meant to be opened by the 2003 version.

I also installed the 2003 to 2007 conversion pack that Microsoft has so that
I can view 2007 files, and I know that it works because I tested it out.

Thank you very much.

 

[Echo S]

I'd ask them how they're saving the files as 2003 files. If they're just
changing the file extension, that may not work the way it used to.

 

[Andrew]

They said there was an option to save as a 2003 file.

I'd ask them how they're saving the files as 2003 files. If they're just
changing the file extension, that may not work the way it used to.

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I use a lot of government spreadsheets in my job, and I was accessing some
from FHFB.gov and every time I downloaded their excel data I kept getting
errors.

I called them to discuss what was going on and it was that they have
office
2007 and only save files as 2003 files, but I was still unable to open
them
up. I didn't have any problems with their older spreadsheets that were
made
with the 2003 version of excel. I am not sure why I wouldn't able to open
a
spreadsheet that was meant to be opened by the 2003 version.

I also installed the 2003 to 2007 conversion pack that Microsoft has so
that
I can view 2007 files, and I know that it works because I tested it out.

Thank you very much.

 

[Echo S]

Ah, in that case, it should work.

Got a link we can access?

--
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What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

They said there was an option to save as a 2003 file.

I'd ask them how they're saving the files as 2003 files. If they're just
changing the file extension, that may not work the way it used to.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

I use a lot of government spreadsheets in my job, and I was accessing
some
from FHFB.gov and every time I downloaded their excel data I kept
getting
errors.

I called them to discuss what was going on and it was that they have
office
2007 and only save files as 2003 files, but I was still unable to open
them
up. I didn't have any problems with their older spreadsheets that were
made
with the 2003 version of excel. I am not sure why I wouldn't able to
open
a
spreadsheet that was meant to be opened by the 2003 version.

I also installed the 2003 to 2007 conversion pack that Microsoft has so
that
I can view 2007 files, and I know that it works because I tested it
out.

Thank you very much.

 

[Andrew]

http://www.fhfb.gov/Default.aspx?Page=53

if you go to that link and then attempt to download either table 1 or table
2 you will get an error. Those are the two spreadsheets that were created
with Office 2007 and saved as a 2003 file.

The other spreadsheets on that like were all created using office 2003 and
saved as a 2003 files so they all work

Ah, in that case, it should work.

Got a link we can access?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

They said there was an option to save as a 2003 file.

I'd ask them how they're saving the files as 2003 files. If they're just
changing the file extension, that may not work the way it used to.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/


I use a lot of government spreadsheets in my job, and I was accessing
some
from FHFB.gov and every time I downloaded their excel data I kept
getting
errors.

I called them to discuss what was going on and it was that they have
office
2007 and only save files as 2003 files, but I was still unable to open
them
up. I didn't have any problems with their older spreadsheets that were
made
with the 2003 version of excel. I am not sure why I wouldn't able to
open
a
spreadsheet that was meant to be opened by the 2003 version.

I also installed the 2003 to 2007 conversion pack that Microsoft has so
that
I can view 2007 files, and I know that it works because I tested it
out.

Thank you very much.

 

[Beth Melton]

I don't have Excel 2003 installed to check this, but are you trying to open
the files directly from the site or are you saving them to your local drive
(or network) and trying to open them from there? If I try to open them
directly then I encounter an odd message in Excel 2007. The message is along
the lines of, "GetFile.aspx. This file was created in a different format
than specified by the extension." Excel 2007 is able to open the file but
it's possible Excel 2003 can't using the same method.

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http://www.fhfb.gov/Default.aspx?Page=53

if you go to that link and then attempt to download either table 1 or
table
2 you will get an error. Those are the two spreadsheets that were created
with Office 2007 and saved as a 2003 file.

The other spreadsheets on that like were all created using office 2003 and
saved as a 2003 files so they all work

Ah, in that case, it should work.

Got a link we can access?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

They said there was an option to save as a 2003 file.

:

I'd ask them how they're saving the files as 2003 files. If they're
just
changing the file extension, that may not work the way it used to.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/


I use a lot of government spreadsheets in my job, and I was accessing
some
from FHFB.gov and every time I downloaded their excel data I kept
getting
errors.

I called them to discuss what was going on and it was that they have
office
2007 and only save files as 2003 files, but I was still unable to
open
them
up. I didn't have any problems with their older spreadsheets that
were
made
with the 2003 version of excel. I am not sure why I wouldn't able
to
open
a
spreadsheet that was meant to be opened by the 2003 version.

I also installed the 2003 to 2007 conversion pack that Microsoft has
so
that
I can view 2007 files, and I know that it works because I tested it
out.

Thank you very much.

 

[DL]

Opens fine here (Excel2003)

http://www.fhfb.gov/Default.aspx?Page=53

if you go to that link and then attempt to download either table 1 or
table
2 you will get an error. Those are the two spreadsheets that were created
with Office 2007 and saved as a 2003 file.

The other spreadsheets on that like were all created using office 2003 and
saved as a 2003 files so they all work

Ah, in that case, it should work.

Got a link we can access?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

They said there was an option to save as a 2003 file.

:

I'd ask them how they're saving the files as 2003 files. If they're
just
changing the file extension, that may not work the way it used to.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/


I use a lot of government spreadsheets in my job, and I was accessing
some
from FHFB.gov and every time I downloaded their excel data I kept
getting
errors.

I called them to discuss what was going on and it was that they have
office
2007 and only save files as 2003 files, but I was still unable to
open
them
up. I didn't have any problems with their older spreadsheets that
were
made
with the 2003 version of excel. I am not sure why I wouldn't able
to
open
a
spreadsheet that was meant to be opened by the 2003 version.

I also installed the 2003 to 2007 conversion pack that Microsoft has
so
that
I can view 2007 files, and I know that it works because I tested it
out.

Thank you very much.