Unable to save or open files in Excel from Office 2011 on my Mac Air with Mountain Lion?

Excel 2011 no longer saves or opens files?

I found this page under Microsoft's web area listing known issues with Excel 2011 on the Mac.
One is entitled "You cannot save a file that includes a hyperlink". That and/or other references on this page might be helpful.
http://mac2.microsoft.com/help/office/14/en-us/word/item/4ba243ae-1afa-4283-ba6a -d2a020dcc07a

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mule13470
Apr 3, 2014 11:12 AM
I tried simply renaming them however it just corrupts the files when I do it like that so I need the applescript to open the files in excel and the save them as .xlsx to test I only need it one folder but if it works I'd like to be able to do it for all documents with .xlsb extentions that are in a huge folder with subfolders that contain a mix of .pdf, .docx, .xlsx and .xlsb. Please Help.
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Re: I need an applescript that opens documents in excel from a specified folder and saves them as .xlsx from their current .xlsbApr 3, 2014 11:19 AM (in response to mule13470)
In that huge folder I only need the .xlsb files opened and saved to .xlsx not the others, in case that wasn't clear above.

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Yes I was/am aware of Preflight's inability to play nicely over cloud technologies in certain cases, especially wrt Standards technologies, this will be partially addressed in an upcoming version of Preflight without saying too much. But the same thing could theoretically have happened if the file was also located on another local network client or server. Leaving aside the argument that this may violate the Acrobat User Agreement - since purchasing the software, the user agrees to employ its functionality on a single host system and precludes host-client-based scenarios - this simply is not a supported use, meaning the user may not have expectations that it will work at all, if the applications requirements are not observed. There do exist server-solutions for Preflight files within networks, but Acrobat and by extension Acrobat Preflight is not one of those solutions, and (still) belongs in the single host-based desktop environment.
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