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File conversion and compatibility

A file is in a different file format than its extension indicates

Article The file that you are trying to open in Microsoft Office Excel 2007 has a file name extension that does not match the actual file format of the file...

All versions of Office can play nice — Crabby shows you how

Article Crabby Office Lady Who is your favorite muppet? Mine is Kermit. We all looked the same, liked the same things, and thought exactly alike. However, when...

Differences between the OpenDocument Spreadsheet (.ods) format and the Excel (.xlsx) format

Article When you save a file from Microsoft Office Excel 2007 in the OpenDocument Spreadsheet (. ods ) format, and then open it again in Excel 2007 , you might...

Excel formatting and features that are not transferred to other file formats

Article Show All Hide All The Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Workbook format (.xlsx) preserves all worksheet and chart data, formatting, and other features available...

File formats that are supported in Excel

Article Learn how to save a Microsoft Office Excel 2007 file in another file format.

Office Excel 2007 features that are not supported in earlier versions of Excel

Article Not all Microsoft Office Excel 2007 features are supported in earlier versions of Excel. When you work in compatibility mode or want to save an Excel...

Open an Office Excel 2007 workbook in an earlier version of Excel

Article Show All Hide All For backward compatibility and collaboration with earlier versions of Microsoft Office Excel, you can use one of two ways to open Microsoft...

Pretty Darn Fancy, those PDFs

Article Crabby Office Lady When all your hard work— your documents, spreadsheets, whatever— can't be opened by the people you send them to, it's frustrating, to...

Save a file for use in an earlier version of Office

Article The new 2007 Microsoft Office system file format is called Open XML Formats and applies Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. What do you want to do? Save a file...

Save a workbook in another file format

Article Learn how you can save a Microsoft Office Excel 2007 workbook in a different file format.

Use Excel to open or save a worksheet in the OpenDocument Spreadsheet (.ods) format

Article After you install the 2007 Microsoft Office system Service Pack 2 (SP2), you can open and save files in the OpenDocument Spreadsheet (. ods ) file...

Use Office Excel 2007 with earlier versions of Excel

Article What is Compatibility Mode in Excel 2007 and how to work with worksheets from earlier versions.

Worksheet compatibility issues

Article The Compatibility Checker found one or more worksheet-related compatibility issues.  Important    Before you continue saving the workbook to an earlier...

Worksheet compatibility issues

Article The Compatibility Checker found one or more worksheet-related compatibility issues. See Check a workbook for compatibility with earlier versions of Excel...

Compatibility Checker

Article Learn what options you can use to examine, locate, and find solutions for the compatibility issues between Microsoft Office Excel 2007 and earlier versions of Excel.