Public Schedule Face-to-Face & Online Instructor-Led Training - View dates & book

microsoft excel

ResolvedVersion 2007

Julie has attended:
Excel Intermediate course
Excel VBA Intro Intermediate course
Excel Advanced course
Upgrade to Office 2007 course
Excel Advanced course
PowerPoint Introduction course
Word Intermediate course
Word Advanced course
PowerPoint Intermediate Advanced course

Microsoft Excel

I am using Excel 2007 but I have received a spreadsheet compiled in version 2003 (.xls). When I open the spreadsheet, the values calculated using formulas are unreadable. How can I overcome this please?

RE: Microsoft Excel

Hi Julie thanks for your query. What do you mean by unreadable? Are the values not there, or replaced with a series of hash symbols, or have the columns been stripped out? Opening a 2003 file in 2007 shouldn't produce this sort of trouble, so you might be looking at a corrupt file. You might want to get the originator to send the file again.

Anthony

RE: Microsoft Excel

Hi Anthony,

Yes, the formulas are showing value and therefore the summary sheet is showing #Name. The sent file is .xls extension....

Jules

RE: Microsoft Excel

Hi Julie. Difficult to advise on this without seeing the source spreadsheet, but it could be you have some 3-D formulae linking out to other spreadsheets which have not been sent to you. Look out for anything resembling a filepath in your formulas, that indicates you're missing a source spreadsheet.

Anthony

Mon 17 May 2010: Automatically marked as resolved.

Excel tip:

Freeze Rows and Columns to keep lables displayed

You can freeze rows and columns in your worksheet so they don't move.

This allows you to keep row and column labels displayed on your screen as you move through a large worksheet.

Click below and/or to the right of the cell(s) you want to freeze. (NB. Excel freezes ALL the rows above and ALL the columns to left of the selected cell)

Click on the 'Windows' menu and selct 'Freeze Panes'.

Lines appear in your worksheet. The required rows and columns are frozen and remain on your screen as you move through your worksheet.

To unfreeze rows and columns, click on 'Window' menu and select 'Unfreeze Panes'.

View all Excel hints and tips

Connect with us:

0207 987 3777

Call for assistance

Request Callback

We will call you back

Server loaded in 0.1 secs.