BEx 7.0 - Save EXCEL 2007 workbooks in .XLS - format

Hi there,
I am currently creating some workbooks with BEx 7.0 .
I am using Excel2007, so the workbooks are saved as .XLSM files. However, it should be possible to open them with an Excel 2003 installation as well, so I tried to safe the workbooks as .XLS files.
I tried to proceed according to SAP OSS note 1052761 (changing the default format in which workbooks are saved to Excel 97 - 2003), but this did not work (the note also only aplies to BEX 3.5).
(I tried saving an old workbook under a new name as well as creating a new workbook from scratch. In both cases, .XLSM files where created and EXCEL 2003 users received error messages when trying to open the workbook).
Does anyone have a piece of advice for me?
Thanks in advance.
Tanja

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See this OSS Note
SAP Note 1061607 BW 70 BEx: FileExtension & Personalization (Development)
SAP Note 1089212 BI Addon (7.10): not able display workbooks with Office 2007
SAP Note 1013140 BI Frontend / BW Add-on - General Information & Limitations
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