Reading old files with excel or word 2000

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geoexcel

I have several old MSMultiplanfiles and want to read them with word or
excel2000. How can I do this.--
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Bryan Hessey

Whilst I have no experience with Multiplan, the Wikipedia entry suggest
that your file would be something like text format, so you could try vi
Data, Import External Data, Import Data, locate the file, and set th
delimiters to suit your data.

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geoexcel

I tried what you sugested. In Access I recieve the message : Unrecognized
database format; in excel a delimited file is presented, but with all
delimiters I receive squares and other not readable characters.
Hoping for another solution, meanwhile thanks for your answer.
 
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Bryan Hessey

Hi,

I believe Microsoft suggested that you re-install the Multiplan program
to do the conversion.

If you have a file it would be interesting to see the format.

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geoexcel

I just have the files, not the old software MSMultiplan.
How can I sent you a file?
 
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Harlan Grove

geoexcel wrote...
I have several old MSMultiplanfiles and want to read them with word or
excel2000. How can I do this.--
Click to expand...

If you don't have the Multiplan program on any available computers or
the program disks from which to reinstall it, then you're going to have
to search online auction sites to find a copy of Multiplan. The only
alternative would be finding a copy of Excel 5 (originally released in
1993), which came with a Multiplan file converter (according to the
Microsoft Knowledgebase).
 
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