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AnnaLee

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11. Two links and my summary
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 05:48 PM
17 hrs ago

Your spreadsheets will open in later versions of MS Office, including 2024. They may open in compatibility mode (first link) and you can convert them to the newer xls if you need to use all the 2024 bells and whistles(second link).
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-excel-with-earlier-versions-of-excel-2fd9ffcb-6fce-485b-85af-fecfd651a5ac]
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-excel-with-earlier-versions-of-excel-2fd9ffcb-6fce-485b-85af-fecfd651a5ac#bm4]

I recently bought both 2021 and 2024 and have no problems but my oldest spreadsheet are from 2007.

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I'd think they can but I'm here to hear what people who know what they're talking about say underpants 18 hrs ago #1
It should work fine Abnredleg 18 hrs ago #2
Yes TxGuitar 18 hrs ago #3
You'll be fine points 17 hrs ago #4
THere are opensource options for Office that will work Jerry2144 17 hrs ago #5
LibreOffice reads .xls files. I use it with Windows 11. It is quite good. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz 15 hrs ago #15
I'm on a Win 11 desktop canetoad 17 hrs ago #6
xls files are pretty safe. usonian 17 hrs ago #7
Microsoft has gone to a subscription-based model. Du916 17 hrs ago #8
Do you know if a non-subscription version exists? LuckyCharms 17 hrs ago #10
I don't think so. Du916 16 hrs ago #14
No subscription or price on LibreOffice. It is free and Free (open source). . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz 15 hrs ago #16
Downloading it now to see how it plays on current PC. n/t LuckyCharms 15 hrs ago #17
Same here The Madcap 16 hrs ago #13
THANK YOU ALL. n/t LuckyCharms 17 hrs ago #9
Two links and my summary AnnaLee 17 hrs ago #11
Yes SocialDemocrat61 17 hrs ago #12
To all who mentioned LibreOffice...thank you. LuckyCharms 11 hrs ago #18
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