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Oct 6, 2016 11:49 PM in response to Baldev Bhatiaby Barry,Hi Baldev,
You have two or more versions of Numbers on your Mac—Numbers '09 and Numbers 5.x.x.
The files you are trying to open were last saved from Numbers 5, and you are attempting to open them with Numbers '09.
Numbers '09 files contain (and need) an index.xml file. The newer version(s) have a different file structure which does not include (or need) this type of included file.
Solution: Quit Numbers '09 (Numbers (menu) > Quit). Launch Numbers 5.x.x. Go File > Open (or File >Open Recent) and open the files that have been giving you trouble.
Regards,
Barry
Added note: Numbers '09 and Numbers 5 can co-exist on the same computer. This is also true for the '09 versions and more current versions of Pages and Keynote. The newer versions can be found in the Applications folder. The '09 versions will be in a folder named iWork '09, which is also in your Applications folder.
Although Numbers 5 (and now 6) has gained several new features since its introduction, there are still things (eg.mail merge) doable in '09 that have not yet been written into 5 and 6.
The case for keeping Pages '09 around is even stronger in terms of capability, as you may have noticed if you've read much in the Pages for mac community.
B
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Oct 6, 2016 11:42 PM in response to Baldev Bhatiaby pamfrombalwyn,Brief reply ... you are trying to open the document with a different version of Numbers than you used to create it.
If you still have the version of Numbers that you used to create the document open that and then try to open the document using File > Open.
For more complete answers just search for 'missing index.xml'.
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Oct 7, 2016 7:56 AM in response to Baldev Bhatiaby ron777,I have a similar situation. I have just upgraded to Numbers 5 and am using Sierra. I can open many files but a most important one which I use every day is now saying "can't be opened for some reason".
We can still open the file using other computers and using Numbers 3.6.2.
Can anyone help?
Ron
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Oct 7, 2016 7:59 AM in response to ron777by ron777,Sorry I mean I have just upgraded to Numbers 4.