My very important budget-file is corrupted! I use Excel for Mac 2008 on my Macbook (Mac OS X 10.6.8).
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I recently used the file but now when I want to open it it says 'The file you are trying to open is possibly read-only or the location you are trying to open is read-only. Or the server you are trying to access is not responding'. I'm afraid the file is corrupted 😟 What is strange is that there are two other files which all of the sudden have the same issue, all 3 files have the.xls extension instead of.xlsx which I can open without a problem. I didn't do anything myself to these files?! So is it a question of corruption of wrong extension?
I've allready tried searching for a program that can repair corrupted excel-files but they don't work on my Mac, are all for Windows OS. Can anybody help?? I'm getting really desperaty here! It's a very important budget-file, and ofcourse my back-up with Time Machine is from after when i last used the file 😟 😟 Any help would be MUCH appreciated!
How to recover.xls or.xlsx file, how to open problem ms excel files and some other issues you can find at:- How to Restore a Lost Excel Spreadsheet Damaged File 1. Log on to your computer and open Microsoft Excel. Click on the 'File' menu. Choose 'Open' from the list.
Browse to the damaged file and highlight it. Click on the small drop-down arrow at the right side of the 'Open' button. Choose the 'Open and Repair' option. Choose 'Repair' to have Excel attempt to recover the damaged file. Choose 'Extract data' to extract the information in the spreadsheet to another file. Save the recovered spreadsheet to your hard drive or network share.
Save a backup copy of the spreadsheet as well. Search your hard drive for the file. It is not uncommon to save an Excel spreadsheet to the wrong location by mistake.
Click on the 'Start' menu and choose 'Search' from the list. Choose the 'All files and folders' option and type '.xls' in the search box. This will find all Excel spreadsheets on your computer, whether they were created in Excel 2007 or an earlier version. Click 'OK' to start the search. You also may refer to paid software Excel Repair Toolbox Source. Apple Footer. This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only.
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