rsalhus
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D2,
For some reason, the file you posted for us to download appeared to have a .php extension on it.? This extension (.php) is for paper projects, so in my case, Internet Explorer used a program called Microsoft Home Publishing (which uses files with the .php extension) to try to open it.? That failed.? If you make sure that you save the file from Excel before posting it to the Forum, then when we download it, it should have a .xls extension on it.? I was actually surprised that it opened with Microsoft Works (which looks for extensions of .xlr or .wks).? I wonder whether more people have Works than Excel on their computers, but we have learned now that a *.xls file (for Excel) can be opened by Works. Don't know if the reverse is true but it won't matter because (as seen below) the Forum doesn't take .xlr files anyway.
I tried posting your file (below) from Works with an .xlr extension to see if you can read it with Excel.? But it wouldn't let me post a file name with a .xlr extension. The Forum gave me the following error message:
You cannot upload that type of file. The only allowed extensions are txt,doc,pdf,jpg,jpeg,JPG,JPEG,gif,tif,tiff,png,zip,xls,est,saf,anr,an1,wmv,csv.
So now I am wondering, how did you post a file with a .php extension, or was it reallly a file with a .xls extension that somehow got modified before we were able to access it? I'm confused. But I'm still going to post my Works file below with a .xls extension (I changed the extension from .xlr to .xls) to see if you can read it (a Works file disguised as an Excel file) with Excel. This should tell us whether or not a user can upload Works files to you to move to Excel. Should be interesting. ;D
For some reason, the file you posted for us to download appeared to have a .php extension on it.? This extension (.php) is for paper projects, so in my case, Internet Explorer used a program called Microsoft Home Publishing (which uses files with the .php extension) to try to open it.? That failed.? If you make sure that you save the file from Excel before posting it to the Forum, then when we download it, it should have a .xls extension on it.? I was actually surprised that it opened with Microsoft Works (which looks for extensions of .xlr or .wks).? I wonder whether more people have Works than Excel on their computers, but we have learned now that a *.xls file (for Excel) can be opened by Works. Don't know if the reverse is true but it won't matter because (as seen below) the Forum doesn't take .xlr files anyway.
I tried posting your file (below) from Works with an .xlr extension to see if you can read it with Excel.? But it wouldn't let me post a file name with a .xlr extension. The Forum gave me the following error message:
You cannot upload that type of file. The only allowed extensions are txt,doc,pdf,jpg,jpeg,JPG,JPEG,gif,tif,tiff,png,zip,xls,est,saf,anr,an1,wmv,csv.
So now I am wondering, how did you post a file with a .php extension, or was it reallly a file with a .xls extension that somehow got modified before we were able to access it? I'm confused. But I'm still going to post my Works file below with a .xls extension (I changed the extension from .xlr to .xls) to see if you can read it (a Works file disguised as an Excel file) with Excel. This should tell us whether or not a user can upload Works files to you to move to Excel. Should be interesting. ;D