Q: Got a new Mac and now Excel won't open

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kathyfromdenver

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Q: Got a new Mac and now Excel won't open

Got a new Mac with Maverick OS X 10.9.4 and had to re-install a lot of my software in spite of the data migration from my old hard drive. When I try to open Excel for Mac 2004 (which I HAVE to have because that Apple software Filemaker Pro will only import from an Excel file, not from my Numbers file and how that makes any sense I have no idea), I get an error message saying:

"You can't open the application"Microsoft Excel" because PowerPC applications are no longer supported."

WHAT does this mean and how do I get around it? I don't want to use Excel. I want to use Numbers. And I want to use Filemaker Pro, although why when even Apple isn't interested in it...whine...

OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), Numbers 09

Posted on Jul 26, 2014 12:19 PM

I have this question too

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Niel

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Yes.

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Posted on Jul 27, 2014 7:14 AM

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Ralph Landry1 Jul 26, 2014 12:22 PM in response to kathyfromdenver
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Jul 26, 2014 12:22 PM in response to kathyfromdenver

To run any of the MS Office suite since Lion, Mac OS X 10.7, you need to upgrade to Office 2011. The versions prior to Office 2008 will not run with the three current Mac OS X versions.
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Niel Jul 26, 2014 12:23 PM in response to kathyfromdenver
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Jul 26, 2014 12:23 PM in response to kathyfromdenver

Try importing the files from within FileMaker; you may not need to use Excel to do this. If you do, it needs to be upgraded to 2008 or 2011.

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kathyfromdenver Jul 26, 2014 12:35 PM in response to Niel
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Jul 26, 2014 12:35 PM in response to Niel

I've tried numerous times to import the files into FileMaker. It won't do it. I can't import my Numbers spreadsheets. Which makes no sense as Numbers and FileMaker are both supposed to be Apple products.
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Niel Jul 26, 2014 12:42 PM in response to kathyfromdenver
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Jul 26, 2014 12:42 PM in response to kathyfromdenver

Open Numbers and use these instructions to export the documents in the Excel format. This doesn't require Excel.

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kathyfromdenver Jul 26, 2014 1:20 PM in response to Niel
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Jul 26, 2014 1:20 PM in response to Niel

So does this mean that once I export my Numbers spreadsheet into an Excel format, that I don't need Excel software to install this new Excel spreadsheet into FileMaker?
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Niel

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Jul 27, 2014 7:14 AM in response to kathyfromdenver

Yes.

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