Windows 2007 .xlsm files

[David_Winston]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel In my work environment we now use windows excel 2007 with files saved in the .xlsm format. I have a mac at home but find that I cannot open the excel .xlsm files in max excel 2008. Compatibility is the number 1 requirement for me. Is there any solution other than buying Windows?

 

[Jim Gordon Mac MVP]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel
In my work environment we now use windows excel 2007 with files saved in
the .xlsm format. I have a mac at home but find that I cannot open the
excel .xlsm files in max excel 2008. Compatibility is the number 1
requirement for me. Is there any solution other than buying Windows?

There's no particular reason why you can't open .xlsm files in Excel
2008. In fact, Excel 2008 ought to be able to open (but not run the
macros contained within) ordinary .xlsm files.

Does Excel provide any sort of message when you try to open .xlsm files?
If so, what does the message ssy?

-Jim

 

[David_Winston]

Thank you for your reply.

There is a message that Excel has encountered a problem and needs to close. And Excel closes.

I have found that .xlsx files open with no problem, so I had assumed that the problem lie with the .xlsm format, but I am no expert on these issues.

 

[XinXin]

Hi David, this messenge means Excel crashes when trying to open this file. Can you please send me ([email protected]) this workbook? I will help recover it.

Thanks,
XinXin Liu
Test Lead, Macintosh Business Unit, Microsoft

 

[David_Winston]

Thanks,

I will send through a file next week (I can not forward the actual files I am currently having difficulty with as they are work related).

 

[brian fitzgerald]

excel 97 appears to open but disappeaers on a mac with excel 08



David_Winsto wrote:

Windows 2007 .xlsm files
26-Mar-10

Version: 200
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard
Processor: Inte

In my work environment we now use windows excel 2007 with files saved in the .xlsm format. I have a mac at home but find that I cannot open the excel .xlsm files in max excel 2008. Compatibility is the number 1 requirement for me. Is there any solution other than buying Windows?

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[Lianabel Oliver]

I am encountering the same problem as this person described with an xlsm file. I get a message that states: Excel cannot open this file. The file might have been damaged or modified from its original format.

I can open the file on Excel 2007 in Windows 7 so I know that the file is not corrupted. I have been having this problem with other xlsm over the past three months. I don't know if Microsoft make an update that created this incompatibility. I had my client save the file using compatibility checker as recommended by a Mac Tech in Puerto Rico, but I still cannot open the file.

Any light you can shed would be very helpful. The file was created by my client on Office 2007 and I am trying to open it on a Mac Office 2008.

Thank you for your help.

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

In my work environment we now use windows excel 2007 with files saved in the .xlsm format. I have a mac at home but find that I cannot open the excel .xlsm files in max excel 2008. Compatibility is the number 1 requirement for me. Is there any solution other than buying Windows?

On Friday, March 26, 2010 10:17 PM Jim Gordon Mac MVP wrote:
There is no particular reason why you cannot open .xlsm files in Excel
2008. In fact, Excel 2008 ought to be able to open (but not run the
macros contained within) ordinary .xlsm files.

Does Excel provide any sort of message when you try to open .xlsm files?
If so, what does the message ssy?

-Jim

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