XL98: Shared Files May Open as Read Only
Article ID: 185182
Article Last Modified on 1/28/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q185182
SYMPTOMS
When you open a file that was created in Microsoft Excel version 7.0 for
Windows, you receive a Password dialog box containing the following
error messages:
A shared list from Microsoft Excel 95 must be opened read-only.
To edit the workbook in Microsoft Excel 98, click OK, then click Save
As on the file menu and save the workbook with a new name. You can
then save the new workbook as a Microsoft Excel 98 shared workbook, if
you want. For more information, click Help.
CAUSE
This behavior occurs when you open a file that was saved as a shared file
in Microsoft Excel 7.0. When you turn on the Multi-User Editing
feature in a file in Microsoft Excel 7.0, you are not able to open the file
with read-write access in Microsoft Excel 98.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Excel 98 for the
Macintosh.
MORE INFORMATION
In Microsoft Excel version 98, when you open a file that was created in
Microsoft Excel version 7.0 that was not saved as a shared file, the file
opens normally; no dialog box appears.
NOTE: Microsoft Excel 7.0 and Microsoft Excel 98 uses a different format.
Additional query words: XL98
Keywords: kbbug kbnofix kbualink97 KB185182