OS X V10.7 Lion :: Cannot Open Excel Spread Sheets On MacPro
Apr 17, 2012
I purchased my MacPro last November. I loaded NUMBERS on my macnine as well as PAGES, and KEYNOTE. I was determined to learn these programs and not rely on using MS OFFICE on my Mac. The rest of my office is still using PC/s and therefore when I am sent a document, it is with MS OFFICE. Up until the first of March, I was able to access all documents sent to me, but sometime in March, EXCEL files sent to me gets an error message:Â
This document was created with an unsupported version of Excel. Only documents created with Excel ’97 or later can be opened.Â
It seems to associate to the upgrade that came out for LION during that month. I have tried everything. My office has tried sending in every format without success. WHAT CAUSED THE CHANGE?
Info:
MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3), HP F4500 Printer
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Why can't you just open the file from documents folder.
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