Microsoft KB Archive/88688

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Excel: Saving an Excel 3.0 Template From Excel 4.0

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 3.0, 4.0

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SUMMARY
Excel 4.0 does not support the ability to save a file in Excel 3.0's template file format. To create an Excel 3.0 template, the document needs to be saved in Excel 3.0 file format and marked as a stationery file from the Macintosh desktop with system 7.

MORE INFORMATION
Attempting to open an Excel 4.0 template file from within Excel 3.0 creates the following error message:

Stationery document is not saved in Normal Excel format. Opening as a nonstationery file.

The Excel 4.0 document subsequently loads as a Text file and displays garbage text or characters.

To create an Excel 3.0 template using Excel 4.0 with system 7:


 * 1) Save the document in Excel 3.0 file format and close the file.
 * 2) Switch to the Finder and click the document to select it.
 * 3) From the File menu, choose Get Info.
 * 4) Select the Stationery Pad checkbox in the lower right of the Get Info window.

To create an Excel 3.0 template using Excel 4.0 with system 6.0.x:


 * 1) Save the document in Excel 3.0 file format and close the file.
 * 2) Load the document in Excel 3.0.
 * 3) From the File menu, choose Save As.
 * 4) Click the Options button.
 * 5) Set the file format to Template and choose the OK button.
 * 6) Click Save.

Reference(s):

&quot;Microsoft Excel User's Guide 1,&quot; version 4.0, page 82

&quot;Microsoft Excel User's Guide&quot; for the Macintosh, version 3.0, pages 551-553

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