Microsoft Excel to Microsoft Works spreadsheet?

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Microsoft Excel to Microsoft Works spreadsheet?

Answer 1

Go to file (depending on what Microsoft office suite you have, I have office 2007) save as works 6.0-9.0 if that doest work save it as text and try that.

Answer 2

There really isn't any need to convert the *.wks files to *.xls files as Microsoft Excel has the ability to open those types of files without having to do anything. What you need to do is go to File and Open and in the drop down menu for Files of Type: scroll down until you find Microsoft Works files. If you want all *.wks files to be associated with Microsoft Excel so they open automatically in Excel try double-clicking on one of the files and it will prompt with what program you would like to open that file with. Select to select a program from a list. Chose to open the file with Excel but check the box at the bottom of the screen that says Always use the selected program to open this kind of file. More info: If just trying to open the file with Excel I would say that you need to specifically choose to open a Microsoft Works file or *.wks since Excel will need to know what format the file is in and open it accordingly. Excel can also open Quatro Pro files but if you don't specify that the file is Quatro Pro then it may not work properly. I have a machine that has Office 2000 on it. If this approach still does not work please let me know and I can try it on that machine. Email me if this is the case and try attaching one of the files I can look at. Additional Info(9-20): I have been doing some research and I have found that you cannnot directly open Microsoft Works 3.0 or 4.0 files directly into Excel. Excel will only open Microsoft Works 2.0 or earlier format. Below is a Microsoft knowledgebase article describing the problem and how they have decided to address it. It would appear that you are going to need Microsoft Works installed to change the file format to something Excel will recognize before you make the move to Office.

Answer 3

A better solution might be to have the other person download the free Microsoft Excel viewer. They can then view your Excel files without doing a conversion. They can not edit and save them. Here's a link to the viewer page:



http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c8378bf4-996c-4569-b547-75edbd03aaf0&displaylang=EN