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Data Lost After Using File Conversion Wizard

Article ID: 178896

Article Last Modified on 8/19/2003

Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q178896

SYMPTOMS

If you use the File Conversion Wizard after modifying a workbook, the changes you have just made may be lost.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:

You open a workbook that is not in the Microsoft Excel 97 format. -and-
You modify the workbook and do not save changes. -and-
You then run the File Conversion Wizard on the workbook that you have modified.

WORKAROUND

To prevent this problem from occurring, ensure that you save all open workbooks before running the File Conversion Wizard.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about the File Conversion Wizard, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

161325 XL97: File Conversion Wizard Included with MS Excel 97

178011 XL98: Dialog Boxes in File Conversion Wizard May Be Confusing

REFERENCES

For more information about the File Conversion Wizard, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

File Conversion Wizard

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "View or save files from other programs as Microsoft Excel workbooks" topic.

Additional query words: XL97 XL98 XL

Keywords: kbbug KB178896