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LOTUS 123 ISSUE - SOMETIMES WHEN A FILE OR WORKSHEET IS SAVED - IT SEEMS TO GET LOST - we get a error that reads "not a vaild file" check extension etc so we cant reopen. no question on the name -
Sometimes when we save a file it is lost - we get a error that reads "not a valid file" with proper extension, etc. However
there is NO QUESTION about the name and extension being correct and we can open in another place (c drive or network drives) IF we have remembered to save in all 3 places! We had to resort to this triple saving - when we realized what was happening. It happens on 3 different computers and users in the office. Is there something we need to be doing differently or we can check to resolve this problem?
thanks in advance
there is NO QUESTION about the name and extension being correct and we can open in another place (c drive or network drives) IF we have remembered to save in all 3 places! We had to resort to this triple saving - when we realized what was happening. It happens on 3 different computers and users in the office. Is there something we need to be doing differently or we can check to resolve this problem?
thanks in advance
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we are on windows 7 now - and upgraded the Lotus software at that point to function with that o/s. but the problems didnt start happening until a few months after the new system was installed - so no doubt there is a glitch. I am just trying to find solutions to the glitch. so tell me about this "virtual machine" and what that entails.
We have a older xp server that we use to save files on - as well as a windows 7 that we all access and share worksheets.
yes we can and do save lotus files as excel files - but the formulas dont always come across correctly and we are not has fluent in excel as we need to be - which is something we are working on.
I would like to know more about this virtual machine.
thanks for your comments
We have a older xp server that we use to save files on - as well as a windows 7 that we all access and share worksheets.
yes we can and do save lotus files as excel files - but the formulas dont always come across correctly and we are not has fluent in excel as we need to be - which is something we are working on.
I would like to know more about this virtual machine.
thanks for your comments
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Would it be possible to convert the file to Excel or OpenOffice/LibreOffice? You need an older Excel version to get it done, max. Excel 2003 I think.