XL98: Shared Files May Open as Read Only

• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

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 : kbualink97 kbdta xlloadsave xlwgroups
Version : MACINTOSH:98
Platform : MACINTOSH
Issue type : kbbug