Microsoft KB Archive/177192

= MS Excel 4.0 Workbooks May Not Appear in Open Dialog Box =

Article ID: 177192

Article Last Modified on 8/19/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q177192



SYMPTOMS
In the versions of Microsoft Excel listed at the beginning of this article, if you click Open on the File menu, the dialog box does not display files that are saved in the Microsoft Excel 4.0 Workbook format.



CAUSE
This problem occurs if Microsoft Excel Files is selected in the "List Files of Type" box.



WORKAROUND
To display files that are saved in the Microsoft Excel 4.0 Workbook format, click either All Files or Readable Files in the "List Files of Type" box. You can then select and open Microsoft Excel 4.0 workbooks.



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
In Microsoft Excel, the "List Files of Type" box in the Open dialog box allows you to display only certain types of files. The file types that you can select and the files that are displayed for each type are listed in the following table.   Selected file type   Files that are listed -

All Files           All files, including files that Microsoft Excel cannot open

Readable Files      All files can be opened by Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel     All files with a creator type that indicates they Files               are Microsoft Excel files

Text Files          All files with a creator type that indicates they are text files

Lotus 1-2-3 Files   All files with a creator type that indicates they are Lotus 1-2-3 files Even though Microsoft Excel 4.0 workbooks are Microsoft Excel files, their creator types do not match the creator types that are used by the Open dialog box in Microsoft Excel 5.0. Therefore, you must select either All Files or Readable Files if you want to display and open Microsoft Excel 4.0 workbooks.

Additional query words: XL5 XL

Keywords: kbbug KB177192

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