XL: Data Lost After Using File Conversion Wizard

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

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

CAUSE

This issue will occur when the following are true:

• You open a workbook that is not in the Microsoft Excel 97 format.

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• You modify the workbook and do not save changes.

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• You then run the File Conversion Wizard on the workbook that you have modified.

WORKAROUND

To prevent this issue 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. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

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

   ARTICLE-ID: Q161325
   TITLE     : XL97: File Conversion Wizard Included with MS Excel 97

   ARTICLE-ID: Q178011
   TITLE     : 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