-------- Original Message --------
Subject:        Re: May Gift List from UW
Date:   Tue, 2 Jun 2009 12:12:37 -0600 (MDT)
From:   Laurence S. Creider <[log in to unmask]>
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At risk of sounding like a shil, a free alternative is to download the
Microsoft FileFormat Converters
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en


This will enable you to download and save the new docx and xlsx files to
your XP and Windows 2003 systems.  I lost some files before our systems
librarian found this because I would open a file created in the one system
on a computer using the other. (office Windows, home Windows XP)

I still find it unbelievably stupid that Microsoft created a new file
format without making it compatible with the old.  docx and xlsx are a
pain, but they are what my work computer normally creates.

--
Laurence S. Creider
Special Collections Librarian
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM  88003
Work: 575-646-7227
Fax: 575-646-7477
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On Tue, June 2, 2009 11:48 am, Maps-L Moderator wrote:
> Please note EVERYONE on the list ... saving your Microsoft documents
> (Word, Excel, etc) to the older version makes them accessible to more
> people. Thanks! -angie-
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:        Re: May Gift List from UW
> Date:   Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:38:26 -0500
> From:   Linda Marston <[log in to unmask]>
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>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I just thought I'd let you know that I am never able to open your .xlsx
> files in Excel.  I guess our library doesn't support the most recent
> Excel program on our desktop computers.  I don't know if other people
> have problems opening your lists, but we do.  Maybe you could try saving
> your file in a .xls version instead.
>
> Linda
>