The link below only helps if you get the error message when you are trying to
format a cell. What do you do if the message appears when you are trying to
open the workbook? I can't get into the file to eliminate some cell formats
if I can't even get into the workbook.
This worked!!! I didn't know of anyone with an Office version later than
2000, so I tried all kinds of other things, unsuccessfully. Finally, someone
in my IT department had Office 2003 and it opened the file and repaired it
automatically. Another Excel guru also recommended downloading Open Office,
a free program. Thanks.