Microsoft KB Archive/268407

= XL98: Workbook Saved in Excel 2001 Is Opened As Read-Only in Excel 98 =

Article ID: 268407

Article Last Modified on 9/11/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q268407



SYMPTOMS
When you use Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition to open a workbook that was created in Microsoft Excel 2001 for Mac, you may receive the following error message:

This file has unicode characters that could not be converted to the active codepage. Since some data has been lost, the workbook is being marked read-only.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, install the Combined Updater for Office 98. This update is available at the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/download/office98/Off98Updater.asp



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
The Combined Updater for Office 98 is a free update to Office 98 Macintosh Edition.

Additional query words: off2001kb mac XL2001KB XL98 update

Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB268407

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