Article ID: 115903
Article Last Modified on 8/15/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 95a
- Microsoft Excel 5.0c
This article was previously published under Q115903
SYMPTOMS
When you open a Microsoft Multiplan file that contains characters with
accents, the characters are not recognized. If you have saved the file in
Multiplan to the Microsoft Excel file format, and you save the file again
to the native Microsoft Multiplan format, these characters are displayed as
the pipe symbol (|).
CAUSE
This behavior occurs only when you save the file in Microsoft Multiplan to
the Microsoft Excel file format, and then save the same file to the native
Multiplan file format.
WORKAROUND
To avoid losing accent marks when you open a file created in Microsoft
Multiplan file, save the file to the native Multiplan file format only, and
then open the file in Microsoft Excel. Do not save the file to the
Microsoft Excel file format. In Microsoft Excel version 5.0, you can open
native Microsoft Multiplan files (this method is preferred over opening
files saved from Microsoft Multiplan to the Microsoft Excel file format).
REFERENCES
For more information about Multiplan files and Microsoft Excel,
choose the Search button in Help and type:
Additional query words: 5.00a 5.00c 7.00a foreign foreign unrecognized XL
Keywords: KB115903