Re: Word and Excel files not opening for PC users! Help!

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Not sure what you're asking here: I schlep files from Mac Excel to PC Excel
on a daily basis -- no problem.

However, PC Excel does not support Mac Excel's List Manager. List Manager
is a new "database-like" feature in Excel 2004. The PC version does not
have it (yet...).

List Manager can create complex formatting -- that will be lost when you
transfer the file to a PC, and will re-appear when you send the file back to
the Mac.

Maybe that's it?

cheers


On 22/8/05 10:12 PM, in article
1124712726.097381.325930@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"JosypenkoMJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <JosypenkoMJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> celticlass66@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> I don't know why this is happening now, but I am having terrible
>> trouble getting Word and Excel files to open on a PC. It is saying it's
>> a binary file and can't open it. I'm taking classes online, and this
>> hasn't been happening before. The only change is I went from DSL to a
>> cable modem - I can't see how that would be different. Any suggestions
>> - I'm lost!
>
>
> Something similar - someone I work with said slides in Excel files made
> on a Mac do display properly with Excel on a PC. Any ideas ?
>

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