![]() Excel will not usually pop up as a suggested program, so the quickest way to open the file is to open Excel first. Excel can convert an XML file into a table, which can be useful for visually processing the information. Some thoughts: • If you had Office 2008 for Mac installed on a previous release of OS X, and then updated to macOS Sierra, you should perform a complete uninstallation of Office 2008 for Mac, using the Microsoft uninstall tool in the Office folder in /Applications. • Then, from the Office 2008 for Mac media, perform a new install, and then continue to update until you are at the last revision. • Reboot your Mac. • If this is a fresh install of Office 2008 for Mac, make sure that you are updated to 12.3.6. • Are you attempting to open an Excel document created by a newer version of Mac or Windows Excel. It may have a different document structure than what was available in 2008, and your older Excel could be complaining about that issue. Conversely, a real old Excel document may not open either. • Install the free v5.3.1.2 fresh (current of this post), and open your Excel file in it. If it opens, then perform a Save As. To a new Excel filename of File type: Microsoft Excel 2007-2013 XML (.xlsx). Now open this file in Excel 2008. Microsoft Office 2008 is not and never has been officially supported for use with Sierra. This does not mean it categorically will not work but it means your on your own and Microsoft are no longer providing any fixes for this version. Remember Office 2008 is a decade old, in computing terms to say this is pre-historic is a major understatement. Office 2011 is no longer sold but is still supported and is currently at version 14.7.2, and Office 2016 is the version currently being sold. Office 2011 may well end support in the next year. Even Office 2011 has some minor Sierra related issues, e.g. A product activation issue. Even Office 2004 could in theory open Microsoft Open XML formats e.g.docx but it required installing an optional add-on from Microsoft. For more detailed on MAC OS X go to Many applications written to work with MAC OS 9.x or earlier do not run natively on MAC OS X. Usb camera drivers for mac. When you then tried opening these formats this add-on translated them so Office 2004 could understand them. (See however I don't believe this was the last version it happens to be the only copy still left on the Microsoft website since they have deleted all the other Office 2004 updates.) What is really annoying is that no version of Office for Mac - not even Office 2016 can open Open Document formats e.g.odf which Office 2016 for Windows can. You instead have to use Open Office, or Libra Office or GoogleDocs to open these using a Mac. Thank you all. To update - I spoke with Microsoft and Apple. Both said Office 2008 is not supported by Sierra, and even though Word is working now, there is no guarantee it will continue. There was nothing wrong with my files - they were not corrupted etc. The error messages were very misleading. Thus, I am switching over to Pages, Numbers and Keynote. I don't have to pay for these programs, and I don't have to pay a silly yearly subscription for something I use occasionally. I can live with the fixes /workarounds for Excel/Word/PPT. Apple Footer • This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only. Apple may provide or recommend responses as a possible solution based on the information provided; every potential issue may involve several factors not detailed in the conversations captured in an electronic forum and Apple can therefore provide no guarantee as to the efficacy of any proposed solutions on the community forums. Apple disclaims any and all liability for the acts, omissions and conduct of any third parties in connection with or related to your use of the site. D2l dropbox tutorial for students. All postings and use of the content on this site are subject to the.
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