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Sonja274

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Q: I can not get to my spreadsheets

Numbers wont allow me to go into my spreadsheets that I was working on yesterday! I keep getting this message when I try to get into my spreadsheets:

You need a newer version of Numbers to open this document. What the?

I have Numbers 08 and it has been working great until today.

MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)

Posted on Sep 8, 2015 2:45 PM

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Q: I can not get to my spreadsheets

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by Yellowbox,

Yellowbox Sep 9, 2015 2:12 AM in response to Sonja274
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Mac OS X

Sep 9, 2015 2:12 AM in response to Sonja274

Hi Sonja,

It seems that App Store has automatically updated your version of Numbers to Numbers 3. Numbers 3 will not open Numbers '08 documents. Use Numbers '08 (likely it has been silently moved to an iWork '08 subfolder within your Applications Folder).

Wayne Contello has written a User Tip for working with the old and new versions of iWork.
Need newer version of Numbers to open file

Please call back with questions.

Regards,
Ian.
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by lucafrombrooklyn,

lucafrombrooklyn Oct 15, 2015 10:36 AM in response to Yellowbox
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Mac OS X

Oct 15, 2015 10:36 AM in response to Yellowbox

Hello. I actually AM using the latest version of Numbers (3.5.3) and there is no other version available. However, I still cannot open some of my (shared) files as I get the message "You need a newer version of Numbers to open this spreadsheet."

Any suggestion?

Thanks
l
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by Wayne Contello,

Wayne Contello Oct 15, 2015 12:32 PM in response to lucafrombrooklyn
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iWork

Oct 15, 2015 12:32 PM in response to lucafrombrooklyn

You are piggy backing on someone else post. Please start a new thread since your problem is not the same as the original posters.
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