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Saving Excel files in the new 2007 version has opened up Pandora’s box. The new 2007 program has created a new file extension for Excel to use. It’s called XLSX as compared to XLS in the 2003 and earlier versions. This has resulted in some compatibility issues in regards to saving files in 2007 that are to be opened in 2003 or earlier versions.
What you must do now is save it as an Excel 97-2003 Wookbook file and it will open up in the earlier versions with no problem. But what may occur are various compatibility issues where some of the formatting or other graphics will be either non existing, altered or be unable to have changes made to them.
The video below will show you how the new conditional formatting features of Excel 2007 will either not be displayed or will be altered when you save your file as an earlier version.
You’ll come away with a good understanding of this very important issue in Excel 2007.
SAVING FILES IN EXCEL 2007
