HELP: myfile.xls: file format is not valid. Message !

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Alexander Schek

Hi,
I try to open an excel file I work with regulary, and today I am getting a
pop up message generated by Excel that says: "myfile.xls: file format is not
valid"

I am totally virus free and this is the first time it is happening, I cannot
open the file. it is a 300k file.
Is there any repair tool or procedures I can make ?

please help, and thanks a lot.

Alex
 
Hi Alex
sounds liek a corrupted Excel file. Try the following:
- search Google for Excel repair tools
- you may consider downloading OpenOffice. This seems to be quite able
to open broken Excel files
 
Excel 2002 and 2003 have an 'Open and repair' option you can try. If you don't
have access to either then I'll happily give it a go for you - just need to take
the NOSPAM bit out of my email address
 
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