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I am trying to help someone upgrade their pc...they have been using Windows
2000 with Office'97 and have a number of Excel worksheets containing data
they need to move as well. the new machine has Windows XP (Pro) and Office
2000..

When we try and move the spreadsheets the format is all wrong and we get
various error messages...Is there an easy was to do this that we don't know. ?

Help would be really appreciated.


quot;keithpquot; gt; wrote in message
...
gt;I am trying to help someone upgrade their pc...they have been using Windows
gt; 2000 with Office'97 and have a number of Excel worksheets containing data
gt; they need to move as well. the new machine has Windows XP (Pro) and Office
gt; 2000..
gt;
gt; When we try and move the spreadsheets the format is all wrong and we get
gt; various error messages...Is there an easy was to do this that we don't
gt; know. ?
gt;
gt; Help would be really appreciated.

When you try and move them the format's all wrong? Do you actually mean you
encounter problems when copying the files to the new machine? Or, when
opening them in Excel 2000? And, please provide the actual text of the error
messages.
2. the documanet is corrupt and cannot be openedWe have copied the files onto
the new pc which we are then trying to open with Office 2000 - I also have
copies of them them on my machine which runs Office 2003, have tried that as
well, with no success.
The messages I get either say that :
1. The file format is not valid or
2. the document is corrupt and cannot be opened ...a few of the sheets will
open but the data appears unformatted..like this

body
{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
background-color: white;
}

/* Be nice to netscape 4 */
body, p, div, span, ul, li, dl, dd, dt, ol, td, h1, h2, h3, h4
{
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

All running down the first column....

Any idea's ?

quot;Doug Kanterquot; wrote:

gt;
gt; quot;keithpquot; gt; wrote in message
gt; ...
gt; gt;I am trying to help someone upgrade their pc...they have been using Windows
gt; gt; 2000 with Office'97 and have a number of Excel worksheets containing data
gt; gt; they need to move as well. the new machine has Windows XP (Pro) and Office
gt; gt; 2000..
gt; gt;
gt; gt; When we try and move the spreadsheets the format is all wrong and we get
gt; gt; various error messages...Is there an easy was to do this that we don't
gt; gt; know. ?
gt; gt;
gt; gt; Help would be really appreciated.
gt;
gt; When you try and move them the format's all wrong? Do you actually mean you
gt; encounter problems when copying the files to the new machine? Or, when
gt; opening them in Excel 2000? And, please provide the actual text of the error
gt; messages.
gt;
gt;
gt;

Do you still have the original machine with Excel 97? If so, do they open OK
there? And, what hardware did you use to copy from one machine to the other?quot;keithpquot; gt; wrote in message
...
gt; 2. the documanet is corrupt and cannot be openedWe have copied the files
gt; onto
gt; the new pc which we are then trying to open with Office 2000 - I also have
gt; copies of them them on my machine which runs Office 2003, have tried that
gt; as
gt; well, with no success.
gt; The messages I get either say that :
gt; 1. The file format is not valid or
gt; 2. the document is corrupt and cannot be opened ...a few of the sheets
gt; will
gt; open but the data appears unformatted..like this
gt;
gt; body
gt; {
gt; margin: 0;
gt; padding: 0;
gt; background-color: white;
gt; }
gt;
gt; /* Be nice to netscape 4 */
gt; body, p, div, span, ul, li, dl, dd, dt, ol, td, h1, h2, h3, h4
gt; {
gt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
gt; }
gt;
gt; All running down the first column....
gt;
gt; Any idea's ?
gt;
gt; quot;Doug Kanterquot; wrote:
gt;
gt;gt;
gt;gt; quot;keithpquot; gt; wrote in message
gt;gt; ...
gt;gt; gt;I am trying to help someone upgrade their pc...they have been using
gt;gt; gt;Windows
gt;gt; gt; 2000 with Office'97 and have a number of Excel worksheets containing
gt;gt; gt; data
gt;gt; gt; they need to move as well. the new machine has Windows XP (Pro) and
gt;gt; gt; Office
gt;gt; gt; 2000..
gt;gt; gt;
gt;gt; gt; When we try and move the spreadsheets the format is all wrong and we
gt;gt; gt; get
gt;gt; gt; various error messages...Is there an easy was to do this that we don't
gt;gt; gt; know. ?
gt;gt; gt;
gt;gt; gt; Help would be really appreciated.
gt;gt;
gt;gt; When you try and move them the format's all wrong? Do you actually mean
gt;gt; you
gt;gt; encounter problems when copying the files to the new machine? Or, when
gt;gt; opening them in Excel 2000? And, please provide the actual text of the
gt;gt; error
gt;gt; messages.
gt;gt;
gt;gt;
gt;gt;