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What is a “.xml” file??

Sunday, May 23, 2010

I have the office orphan computer and I got an email from a co-worker with "*.XML" files that are supposed to be spreadsheets, but my computer can’t open it. any help here?

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Does Excel 97 have the capability to read XML/HTML?

Thursday, March 4, 2010

I’m setting up a reporting function for something at work and I would like it output an Excel compatible file. I know that Excel 2003 has the ability to open a HTML file and display it as a spreadsheet but I’m unsure about Excel 97, which the end users are unfortunately stuck using. Note: I [...]

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How to have Windows detect an .xml file as an Excel spreadsheet and open it in Excel.?

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Previously, before a reinstall of windows and office, Windows automatically detected when a file with an .xml extension was actually an Excel spreadsheet, versus some other XML document. Windows does this, as I understand, by actually examining some content near the beginning of the file (for example, renaming the extension on a .doc file won’t [...]

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