Excel does not open documents

Hi,

I don't know what version of Excel you are using, but it sounds like
either Version X or Version 2004.

You'll get that message whenever Excel tries to open a file, but MacOS
won't let it for some reason.

Going with your hunch that there's a problem with permissions, please
don't try to fix them yourself. Apple provides a utility called Disk
First Aid that will repair permssions for you. Look in your Utilities
folder. Use Disk First Aid to repair permissions on your drive and then
post back to let us know whether or not that fixed the problem.

Thanks.

-Jim

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Pawan wrote:
 > hi all,
 >
 > I have a powerbook G4 running OS 10.3.6. I am the administrator of the
 > powerbook but am new to using Unix commands.
 >
 > The problem is when i start up excel, it gives the error message as
 > below:
 >
 > '<FileName> cannot be accessed.
 >
 > the file may be read-only, or you may be trying to access a read-only
 > location. or, the server the document is stored on may not be
 > responding'.
 >
 >
 > I tried to look up permissions stuff on the net and saw the permissions
 > on my home folder. i even gave complete permissions (drwxrwxrwx) but
 > still no results.
 >
 > I am running the student version of MS Office.
 >
 > Please advise what i could do. I have another problem with word and i
 > have posted it in the word forum.
 >
 > Thanks,
 > Pawan
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