When Microsoft rolled out Office 2007, the company made some fundamental changes to its file formats, updating them from binary files to XML-based packages. The default format for Excel 2007 followed ...

Spreadsheets: love them or hate them, they are a part of modern-day life and Microsoft’s Excel software is the go-to for most users spreadsheet needs. But what happens when you want to edit a ...

When most users open Office 2007’s Excel—launched with Microsoft’s new Vista operating system—their first reaction is, “ Where’s the file menu? How do I begin?” This article is designed to help you ...

A missing Excel file isn’t always the disaster it feels like.

People use the multipurpose Microsoft Excel for everything from logging scientific spreadsheets rife with calculations and charts, to tracking quarterly sales of widgets, to cataloging the books in ...

If the calculation option has been set to automatic, change it to manual. Doing so will also prevent the workbook from recalculating the values and this can make file accessible. For this, Click on ...

Have you ever sent an Excel file to a colleague, only to realize they couldn’t open it because of compatibility issues? Or perhaps you’ve spent hours perfecting a spreadsheet, only to see its ...