Re: Mac Excel (Office 2008) and Windows xlsx Files
- From: Milenkod <milenkod@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:32:07 -0800 (PST)
On Dec 14, 2:08 pm, CyberTaz <onlygeneralt...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm afraid I don't really have a solution for you, but perhaps a few points
for consideration or directions to pursue;
First, altering the extension does absolutely nothing to change the file
type or in any way "fix" a file. In fact, it can do more harm than good.
What is your exact update level of Mac Office?
How were the files transferred from Win to Mac? That can make a difference -
browsers & email software have been known to cause issues. Have you tried
zipping the files before transporting from one platform to the other? Saving
directly to a USB Stick rather than using WinExplorer to copy can present
less than satisfactory results.
FWIW, I have approx. 100 .xlsx & .xlsm files, all of which were created on a
PC, and have no problem opening any of them in 2008 on either of my Macs.
There are some that will open as Read Only [with appropriate notification] &
some that advise of features used which are not supported by 2008, but none
refuse to open or produce the error message you're reporting.
Are there any features, automations, or other types of content in the files
that could be contributing to the problem? That could explain why saving in
the older format resolves the issue - the obstacles are being converted at
the source. Do any of the sheet names use special characters of any kind?
What else can you say about files involved?
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
On 12/14/08 1:36 PM, in article
f57389d3-be97-4fbf-b238-192df75f6...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"Milenkod" <milen...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I too am having problems opening xlsx files on Mac Office 2008. These
are files that were generated in (Windows) Office 2007. The error I
keep getting is:
"The file might have been damaged or modified from its original
format."
I do not have pivot tables, tried renaming them to .xls and .xml and I
get the same error. I've resurrected my Windows XP machine and re-
saved them as xls and they open in Mac Office just fine.
I have too many files to re-save them on my Windows machine and they
contain sensitive financial/corporate accounting information so I am
not at liberty to post them for analyzation. Can anyone shed some
light on what the issue might be?
Well...I have some further updates if anyone is willing to hear
them...
I tried to copy the files to a USB stick and open them again (thinking
that there's a network sharing issue at play)...no luck, same error.
So then I logged onto the Windows machine from my other Mac that has
Apple Numbers. It was able to open the older revision of the file
from several months back and the same file, with the updated data,
that is in question. Numbers was able to open it. Both files
generates an error report but two error items were different. On the
file in question, the following error appeared:
"Hyperlinks within the notebooks and hyperlinks to other files aren't
supported and were removed"
There was also a font missing, which I didn't think would cause file
not to open.
Could this be the source of my problems with the xlsx files? If so,
what to do from here (other than open all in Numbers)??
.
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