I am having the same problem with an xlsx file on my mac :/ Please help me fix it. I've tried many things but no luck! Thank you for your time.
John McGhie wrote:
Go to the version that the Archive utility produced, and changed the ".
23-Mar-10
Go to the version that the Archive utility produced, and changed the ".zip
extension to ".xlsx"
Excel may then open it. No guarantees
The original .XLSX file is a zip file. If you open it in Finder, it add
the Finder resource fork (known in the trade as "Finder droppings: a bi
like mouse turds...). After that, Excel cannot open it because the file ha
indeed been damaged
You can put it back together on a PC, or you can use Terminal to invoke Zi
from the command line to re-pack the file without adding Finder Turds :-
Or if you send the file to XinXin or myself we will try to recover it for you
XinXin will have a better chance than I: he can use internal tools I do no
have
Cheer
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XLSX File won't open...
Version: 200
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard
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My XLSX file will not open in excel or numbers. When I try to open it it says "the file might have been damaged or modified from its original format". How do I open it? I had it saved on my desktop, no where else. I accidentally tried to open it with "Archive Utility" (when I right clicked on the file) and it created another alias, but in a .Zip format. <br><br>This file is HUGELY important...how do I get it back & be able to open it
Hi, first of all, can you please check whether your XL2008 is up-to-date (I
Hi, first of all, can you please check whether your XL2008 is up-to-date (I assume you are using 2008 because you are talking about opening an xlsx file
). The latest version is 12.2.4. <br><br>If the file still does not open after the update, try open it with WinXL 2007 and repair it. If you do not have WinXL2007, feel free to send me your workbook (
[email protected]), I will try help recover it for you. <br><br>Thanks, <br
XinXin Liu <br
Test Lead, Macintosh Business Unit, Microsoft <br><br>> My XLSX file will not open in excel or numbers. When I try to open it it says "the file might have been damaged or modified from its original format". How do I open it? I had it saved on my desktop, no where else. I accidentally tried to open it with "Archive Utility" (when I right clicked on the file) and it created another alias, but in a .Zip format. <br>
Go to the version that the Archive utility produced, and changed the ".
Go to the version that the Archive utility produced, and changed the ".zip
extension to ".xlsx"
Excel may then open it. No guarantees
The original .XLSX file is a zip file. If you open it in Finder, it add
the Finder resource fork (known in the trade as "Finder droppings: a bi
like mouse turds...). After that, Excel cannot open it because the file ha
indeed been damaged
You can put it back together on a PC, or you can use Terminal to invoke Zi
from the command line to re-pack the file without adding Finder Turds :-
Or if you send the file to XinXin or myself we will try to recover it for you
XinXin will have a better chance than I: he can use internal tools I do no
have
Cheer
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McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410 | mailto:
[email protected]
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