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Posted by Gregg Hill on December 12, 2007, 10:31 pm
Please log in for more thread options OK, as long as it is normal, I can deal with it. PITA, yes, but I can handle
it!
Thank you!
Gregg Hill
> At 11 Dec 2007 09:15:15 -0800 Gregg Hill wrote:
>
>> I just bought
>> a new phone with WM6 on it and ActiveSync works great for Exchange stuff,
>> but I have a problem with Excel files. I have a spreadsheet for my
>> mileage
>> that is in Excel 2003 format...
>
>> Every time I sync the Excel file to my desktop using ActiveSync, I can
> then
>> edit it on my workstation normally, but when I edit it on the phone and
> try
>> to save it, it always says that it must be saved as a different name and
>> that some formatting may be lost. I can save it as a different name or
>> overwrite with the same name, then
>> edit it again on the phone, and it saves fine until I do another
> ActiveSync
>> of the file. I see no changes in its layout or data between the version
>> on
>> the phone and what is on the computer.
>>
>> There are no macros in the file.
>>
>> The only reason I am still on Office 2003 is for syncing my Palm to
> Outlook.
>> It is too old to sync to Outlook 2007, and I was waiting to get a WM6
> phone
>> before moving to Office 2007.
>>
>> How can I get the file to stay the same format when edited on the phone
> and
>> then synced back to the PC?
>
> Maybe I'm misunderstanding- essentially the only problem you're having is
> that you get the warning message?
>
> The changes you make actually do sync back to the PC, right? But every
> time you sync you get the error message at the next edit and save (on the
> device.)
>
> If so, this is perfectly normal- it's just a warning that some of
> (desktop)
> Excel's features aren't supported in the mobile version and might be lost
> if you save. There's probably nothing in your particular file that's
> unsupported- it's a generic message we all get when saving a sync'd file.
> The warning suggests you save with a different name so you can sync back
> to
> the PC and check what's "missing."
>
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