Unable to open excel worksheet in word

K

K. Agarwal

Excess worksheet is not opening for edit in Word. Giving message: "Word cannt
open the document: user does not have access previledge:
 
R

Rob Schneider

What is "Express"? Have you checked access privileges on the file
holding the spreadsheet?

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

I don't believe you can open Excel sheets in Word unless they're embedded.
That is, Word can open a Word document with an Excel OLE object embedded but
not an Excel .xls file.
 
B

Beth Melton

Actually you can open an Excel workbook in Word however it will be
converted to a Word document file type and the Excel data will be
converted to a Word table and all formulas/functions will be converted
to values.

If the Excel workbook is saved then you end up with a Word document
with an *.xls file extension and you'll never be able to open it in
Excel again. Since that is so easy to do I don't recommend doing this.
Especially considering this is one I found out the hard way. :-(
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S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

I was judging by the file types listed in the File Open dialog. Obviously
there are some that are not listed that Word *can* open.
 
B

Beth Melton

Interesting. I have various spreadsheet file types listed in my
File/Open dialog box but I suspect this is due to having various
converter packs installed.

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S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

I was pretty sure I had installed every converter available, but perhaps
not.
 
B

Beth Melton

I have a few from Office 97 and Office 4.3 too. I suspect that has
something to do with it.
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