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After mail merge, "File format is not valid" error when opening XLS file
While completing a mail merge in Word, I edited a few fields in the
data base (an XLS file). Upon closing Word, I was asked if I wanted to save the changes to the data base. Of course I said yes. All subsequent attempts to open that XLS file have been blocked with the error message in Excel: "File format is not valid". I am using Office 2003. It seems like Word has created a different version of the file for its purposes, and overwritten the XLS file in the process. Yet, it's hard to believe that Word would create a different version of the file and keep the same file extension! What do I need to do to open that XLS file in Excel? |
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