How best to upgrade Microsoft Office 2010?
This question is about Microsoft Office. I mostly use Google Docs and Google Sheets, as opposed to Microsoft Office. For my usage anyway, they work just as well or better than M-soft Office because ...
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Gdetrailer wrote:
Windows 10 OS allows long file names and long file names with multiple "dots" in it to work, been that way since XP.
Was going to make another suggestion I bounced across, try opening a blank Excel workbook first, then choose file and open your target file.
If that opens then the issue most like is the file association has been corrupted and Win10 has no way to determine what program actually is supposed to open it.
Installing Libre or Open Office, that association will get corrected and pointed to Libre or Open Office which ever you installed.
Libre or Open Office does work, but I have had issues with Open Office not handling some document formatting which can affect your document layout. Libre may exhibit the same issue since it pretty much is similar design and may even share some code as Open Office.
I would recommend OP try the suggestion I gave above so all bases are covered.
I have 2013 at work and have no issue opening 2016, 2019 and Office 365 xlsx files so I really do think that the file association was corrupted..
OK, thanks for that suggestion. I just tried doing exactly that, and Excel still will not open the file. It just stays stuck on the dialog box and never opens:
"Microsoft Excel 2010
Opening in Protected View"
Thanks to everyone for all your tips and suggestions. At least I am able to open the file in Libre Office.
