Excel/Word Corruption

If you saved the file with a DOC extention, try just changing the extention to XLS. This sometimes works.
Otherwise:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q179/8/71.asp
offers some troubleshooting tips.
(there are no spaces in the URL)

Depends if you have an Excel backup copy already. If you have, look for that among your files and load it.

If not, the way to prevent this happening in future is either:
Tools/Auto Save and select a time period
or:
File/Save As/Options and then tick/check the always create backup box.

You're at the point where your only option is Excel recovery software. I'm a fan of Woody Leonard's & recommend www.woodyswatch.com; I know that a good quality Excel recovery application is often advertised in Woody's newsletters...don't remember the name or link offhand.

Look at these links for tools to repair a damaged Excel file.

http://www.excelfix.com/features_celltracker.shtml http://riccistreet.net/gizmos/toolkit/officeproductivity/spreadsheet.htm

http://ic.net/~jnbohr/jbResume.html

Maxwell

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