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SLX and Office 2007 (Compatibility mode)
Posted: 25 Feb 09 9:17 AM
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We are currently running SLX 6.2.6 and are in the process of upgrading to SLX 7.2.
I noticed in SLX 6.2.6 when exporting groups to excel with a user machine running Office 2007 that they open up in Excel Compatibility mode which is using the old Excel (.xls) instead of the new Excel (.xlsx).
How can I make SLX 6.2.6 export to excel use the new Excel (.xlsx)? Does SLX 7.2 export to excel use the new Excel (.xlsx) ?
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Re: SLX and Office 2007 (Compatibility mode)
Posted: 26 Feb 09 2:04 PM
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Mike,
The backward compatibility makes senses, but Office 2003 with a MS patch (we have it installed) can open Office 2007.
My concern is we have several groups that export data from SLX and use standardized naming conventions. I do not want to run it version control problems which can be caused by 2 files having the same name and just differ by the extension (xls vs xlsx) which may or may not be displayed based on folder settings. Users also may or may not check datestamps, save it as Office 2007 vs 2003, etc.
Is there a way to set the excel export to always go to the Office 2007 format?
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Re: SLX and Office 2007 (Compatibility mode)
Posted: 26 Feb 09 2:19 PM
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Mike,
The backward compatibility makes senses, but Office 2003 with a MS patch (we have it installed) can open Office 2007.
My concern is we have several groups that export data from SLX and use standardized naming conventions. I do not want to run it version control problems which can be caused by 2 files having the same name and just differ by the extension (xls vs xlsx) which may or may not be displayed based on folder settings. Users also may or may not check datestamps, save it as Office 2007 vs 2003, etc.
Is there a way to set the excel export to always go to the Office 2007 format?
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Re: SLX and Office 2007 (Compatibility mode)
Posted: 26 Feb 09 2:31 PM
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| No, 'fraid not - it even uses xls in v7.5 and I don't believe there are any plans to change this as, aside from your issue, it's the widest supported format. The compatibility pack has to be installed to support XLSX to XLS - and not everyone has that, whereas all office versions read XLS/DOC/PPT etc. |
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