How to save an Excel spreadsheet for an earlier version of Excel

Document number: 15129

 

Note: An Excel 2000 spreadsheet can be read by Excel 97 without a specific conversion being done. Later versions of Excel can always read earlier versions of Excel spreadsheets.

To save a Excel spreadsheet for an earlier version of Excel, follow these steps:

  1. Click on the F ile menu, then on Save A s...

  2. Choose a directory in which to save the spreadsheet.

  3. In the File name: field, fill in the name of the file.

  4. Make an appropriate choice in the Save as type: drop-down list.
    • Remember, Excel 97 users can read Excel 2000 spreadsheets without any special conversion, and vice versa.
Some of the special features available in later versions of Microsoft Excel will be lost in the conversion. For more information about Excel 97's compatibility with Excel 2000, see Eureka! document 15152 — Office 2000 file compatibility with Office 97.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Created: kcw 05/28/1998
Revised: kcw 06/25/2002