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How do i open a word document while I am working in an Excel sheet, and
vice-versa?

Please help, I am going CRAZY!@!

in word, just do a file/open/ and pick All Files for Files of Type, it will
open the spreadsheet and turn it into a table..
You can't open a word file directly into excel. You could save the word
file as text, then import it.

quot;Katiequot; wrote:

gt; How do i open a word document while I am working in an Excel sheet, and
gt; vice-versa?
gt;
gt; Please help, I am going CRAZY!@!

When I do that, a conversion box pops up and asks to select the coding that
makes the file readable???

quot;Marvin P. Winterbottomquot; wrote:

gt; in word, just do a file/open/ and pick All Files for Files of Type, it will
gt; open the spreadsheet and turn it into a table..
gt; You can't open a word file directly into excel. You could save the word
gt; file as text, then import it.
gt;
gt; quot;Katiequot; wrote:
gt;
gt; gt; How do i open a word document while I am working in an Excel sheet, and
gt; gt; vice-versa?
gt; gt;
gt; gt; Please help, I am going CRAZY!@!

Btw, it's not a good idea doing this, if you open an excel file in word and
by mistake save it (it's very easy to do), it's basically gone, it can't be
opened in excel anymore.

--

Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

Northwest Excel Solutions

Portland, Oregon

quot;Katiequot; gt; wrote in message
...
gt; When I do that, a conversion box pops up and asks to select the coding
gt; that
gt; makes the file readable???
gt;
gt; quot;Marvin P. Winterbottomquot; wrote:
gt;
gt;gt; in word, just do a file/open/ and pick All Files for Files of Type, it
gt;gt; will
gt;gt; open the spreadsheet and turn it into a table..
gt;gt; You can't open a word file directly into excel. You could save the word
gt;gt; file as text, then import it.
gt;gt;
gt;gt; quot;Katiequot; wrote:
gt;gt;
gt;gt; gt; How do i open a word document while I am working in an Excel sheet, and
gt;gt; gt; vice-versa?
gt;gt; gt;
gt;gt; gt; Please help, I am going CRAZY!@!But I can't even open a word file while working in excel or vice-versa...in
past versions of word/excel there were times I needed to jumb around to
different docs and compare or use as reference....now when I try to open I
get the error box, file format is not valid? Maybe I'm crazy, I just never
remembered having a problem with this?

quot;Peo Sjoblomquot; wrote:

gt; Btw, it's not a good idea doing this, if you open an excel file in word and
gt; by mistake save it (it's very easy to do), it's basically gone, it can't be
gt; opened in excel anymore.
gt;
gt; --
gt;
gt; Regards,
gt;
gt; Peo Sjoblom
gt;
gt; Northwest Excel Solutions
gt;
gt; Portland, Oregon
gt;
gt;
gt;
gt;
gt; quot;Katiequot; gt; wrote in message
gt; ...
gt; gt; When I do that, a conversion box pops up and asks to select the coding
gt; gt; that
gt; gt; makes the file readable???
gt; gt;
gt; gt; quot;Marvin P. Winterbottomquot; wrote:
gt; gt;
gt; gt;gt; in word, just do a file/open/ and pick All Files for Files of Type, it
gt; gt;gt; will
gt; gt;gt; open the spreadsheet and turn it into a table..
gt; gt;gt; You can't open a word file directly into excel. You could save the word
gt; gt;gt; file as text, then import it.
gt; gt;gt;
gt; gt;gt; quot;Katiequot; wrote:
gt; gt;gt;
gt; gt;gt; gt; How do i open a word document while I am working in an Excel sheet, and
gt; gt;gt; gt; vice-versa?
gt; gt;gt; gt;
gt; gt;gt; gt; Please help, I am going CRAZY!@!
gt;
gt;

Katie,
What I do is minimize the excel sheet I am working on so it doesn't expect
me to enter the word document into the excel document, then open from 'file -
open' and select which you want open. Then you can jump back and forth...

I do it all the time...

Good luck
Carole

quot;Katiequot; wrote:

gt; But I can't even open a word file while working in excel or vice-versa...in
gt; past versions of word/excel there were times I needed to jumb around to
gt; different docs and compare or use as reference....now when I try to open I
gt; get the error box, file format is not valid? Maybe I'm crazy, I just never
gt; remembered having a problem with this?
gt;
gt;