There is an option with Excel 97 so that you can save a workbook as a
Microsoft Excel 97 and 95/5.0 workbook. Try this one, it should work with a
correctly installed Excel 97 installation.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PCSOFT - Personal Computer software discussion list
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Gary W South
> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 1998 4:05 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [PCSOFT] Excel 97 & version 8.0
>
>
> I recently copied an excel 97 file to a floppy and took it to
> work. I put it
> on the computer at work and tried to open it with Excel and got a
> message that
> it was not a valid Excel file. The computer at work has Excel
> version 8.0. Is
> this an older version than Excel 97? I have no option to save in Excel 8.0
> format so I saved it in Excel 5.0. This I could open on the work
> computer but
> it said it was from a previous version.
>
> Is Excel version 8.0 older or newer than Excel 97.
>
> TIA
> Gary South
>
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