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Posted by Edward F Eagleh on December 14, 2007, 9:03 pm
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"Philip Herlihy" wrote:
> An important spreadsheet started failing synchronisation today:
>
> Error Converting File
> Cannot convert file '[filename]'
> Unknown error 8000abcd.
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> A web search brought up only three similar incidents, and noone had
> answers. Gloom.
>
> I remembered that I had added a comment to a cell for the first time (in
> that workbook), and removed it. Bingo - error gone. Presented for your
> Googling pleasure...
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> Excel 2003 SP3, with ActiveSync 4.5.0.
>
> Phil, London
>
I had an identical error message, but different cause.
In Excel, I had turned on Data > Autofilter. This was enough to choke the
conversion. After turning it off, everything was working again.
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