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Euro symbols deleted after saving an Excel 97 document in Excel 98 for Mac

Article ID: 193431

Article Last Modified on 12/3/2004

Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q193431

SYMPTOMS

When you open a file in Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows, all occurrences of the Euro currency symbol have been replaced with an underscore character (_).

CAUSE

This problem occurs if you save the file in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.

MORE INFORMATION

When you open an Excel 97 for Windows file that contains the Euro symbol in Excel 98, you receive an error message, and all occurrences of the Euro symbol are replaced by the underscore character.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

193193 OFF98: Euro Symbol Replaced by Underscore in Windows Document

Additional query words: XL97 XL98

Keywords: kbconversion kbprb KB193431