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Excel file gone bad

Posted by Marc Beeman on March 25, 2000 3:09 PM

I have an Excel 2000 file that I was using to keep track of
information on advertising. It contains no formulas, the file is all text.

Now it won't open and the reported size is about 10% of the real size.
If I try to open it it says "file format is not valid"
I ziped it (after it went bad) with winzip and when I unzip it Winzip shows
the real size of the file but I still get the error message
when I try to open it.
Can anyone help

Re: Excel file gone bad

Posted by Celia on March 27, 2000 12:53 AM

Marc
Have a look at the Mr. Excel Home Page (http://www.mrexcel.com) where there is a link called Excel Recovery. This might help.
Celia

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