I am trying to open files called "Excel 97 Templates" with my Excel for Windows 95, Version 7.0. I get the message: "(filename).xls: file format is not valid". What gives? Is the "Excel 97" saved file just unreadable by my version?
Submitted by: AdministratorExcel 97 is not backwards-compatible with Excel 95/7.0. Files saved as Excel 97 files do not open in Excel 95/7.0. The standard (and not very friendly) message offered by Excel when you try to open a 97 file in 95 is the "File format is not valid".
If you know someone with Excel 97, they should be able to open the files and then do a "Save As" Excel 95/7.0, but any new features from 97 would be lost.
Submitted by: Administrator
If you know someone with Excel 97, they should be able to open the files and then do a "Save As" Excel 95/7.0, but any new features from 97 would be lost.
Submitted by: Administrator
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