Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Fri Jul 6 08:28:46 CDT 2012
.xlsx files are actually collections of zip compressed XML files. If it is a .xlsx file, you can try renaming the file to .zip, opening the file with something like Winzip and viewing/editting/saving the XML files with an XML editor such as XML Notepad. -- Stuart On 6 Jul 2012 at 9:11, Tina Norris Fields wrote: > I managed to recover the data once from an Excel file that was left in > the open state when its owner removed the floppy disk it resided on from > the drive, then turned off the computer. So, we're talking back in the > DOS and early Windows days. Trying now to remember what I did - seems > to me I changed its extension and forced it into something like a text > editor, then copied and pasted the bits of data into another fresh Excel > spreadsheet. It was time-consuming, but it did save the entire > price-list of the store. I got $100 for the effort, plus free ice cream > for a couple of years. I hope somebody else on the list has something > better to offer. > T > > Tina Norris Fields > tinanfields at torchlake.com > 231-322-2787 > > On 7/6/2012 8:37 AM, Susan Harkins wrote: > > Do any of you have a positive experience with any data-recovering software that works well with Excel? I've got a miserable reader that I think is just out of luck, but thought I'd try to help. > > > > Susan H. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >