Opening an xls file in Numbers

Numbers does not properly open an XLSX file but MS Excel for Mac does. I can, however, open the file with Preview and it displays properly. The problem appears to just in formatting the colums as the data appears as dates instead of numbers.

The first colum "Date" is okay but all other data should be just numbers
Kenneth Clunisr
Measurements from:
19/04/12
to:
25/04/12
DATE
SYS
DIA
BPM
Manual entry
2012-04-19 22:11
5/25/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/19/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/20/1900 12:00:00 AM
2012-04-20 07:04
5/28/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/30/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/10/1900 12:00:00 AM
2012-04-20 15:31
4/25/1900 12:00:00 AM
2/26/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/9/1900 12:00:00 AM
2012-04-20 22:19
4/22/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/2/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/12/1900 12:00:00 AM
2012-04-21 07:26
5/11/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/11/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/1/1900 12:00:00 AM
2012-04-21 15:05
4/26/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/6/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/8/1900 12:00:00 AM
2012-04-21 22:14
5/5/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/6/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/2/1900 12:00:00 AM
2012-04-22 06:31
5/27/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/16/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/1/1900 12:00:00 AM
2012-04-22 06:36
5/31/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/20/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/4/1900 12:00:00 AM
2012-04-22 16:19
5/16/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/12/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/5/1900 12:00:00 AM
2012-04-22 21:12
5/2/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/5/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/7/1900 12:00:00 AM
2012-04-23 06:29
6/9/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/23/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/4/1900 12:00:00 AM
2012-04-23 13:23
5/21/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/7/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/8/1900 12:00:00 AM
2012-04-23 21:31
6/8/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/20/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/7/1900 12:00:00 AM
2012-04-24 06:05
6/27/1900 12:00:00 AM
4/14/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/9/1900 12:00:00 AM
2012-04-24 07:44
6/18/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/30/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/8/1900 12:00:00 AM
2012-04-24 07:46
6/18/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/24/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/6/1900 12:00:00 AM
2012-04-24 07:48
6/8/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/22/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/6/1900 12:00:00 AM
2012-04-24 10:06
6/5/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/23/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/7/1900 12:00:00 AM
2012-04-24 10:35
6/15/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/28/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/11/1900 12:00:00 AM
2012-04-24 21:21
6/4/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/22/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/7/1900 12:00:00 AM
2012-04-25 06:44
6/20/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/25/1900 12:00:00 AM
3/6/1900 12:00:00 AM

Similar Messages

I'm one of the few idiots in the world who use the "Pages" App. Whenever I open an XLS file. "Numbers" quits - siting use of SFCompatability plugin. Reports to Mac. Problem remains constant?

I'm one of the few idiots in the world who use the "Pages" App. Whenever I open an XLS file. "Numbers" quits - siting use of SFCompatability plugin. Reports to Mac. Problem remains constant?

When you get the SF Compatibility plug in message something in the installed iWork part is corrupt. You ned to uninstall and install iWork again
You cannot completely delete iWork by moving the iWork '09 folder to the Trash. Instead, use Yvan Koenig's script:
          •          Go to http://www.box.com/s/00qnssoyeq2xvc22ra4k
          •          Choose public_YK > for_iWork'09 > other_iWork'09 items
          •          Click on uninstall iWork '09.zip, decompress it, open it in AppleScript Editor and click the Run button
Restart the computer and install from the iWork disc. Do the Software updates too.

Opening Excel XLS files in Numbers

I have Mac OS 10.6.2 on my MacBook using Numbers '09.
A windows excel pc user sent a xls file.
When I try to open this file on my MacBook with Numbers is get message
"The document is encrypted and can’t be opened."
The windows user says the file is not locked/protected/encrypted ...
I have opened other xls files ok.

I never got this behaviour (but my correspondants know that I hate …Soft products).
Maybe it's that the file was built by a recent version of XL which is not deciphered by Numbers.
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) lundi 28 décembre 2009 18:41:11

.xls files in Numbers printing Landscape, can't get Portrait

I searched and found one similar post with no resolution:
I open an .xls file with numbers, the inspector(sheet inspector) shows I have it as portrait, but when I select "print" and the print dialog appears, it shows the .xls file on a landscape background and prints it as such.
In that print dialog, there is nowhere for me to select portrait.
It's obviously a little frustrating, as the spreadsheet does not fit correctly. I'm trying to avoid having to save as a different file type.
This is an excel file from my PC that is now on my MAC. It did print portrait on the PC.
Does anyone know what to do?
Thx

Thanks for the help all,
It appears that the print area is removed when opening the file with Numbers and because of some empty cells and the print sequence being left to right then down, and left to right, this was causing it to print in landscape regardless of the settings for the document.
I appreciate you posting the image of where the orientation is at the bottom when in print view, which I've found is the same setting found in the sheet inspector.
The extra cells I mentioned showed as additional sheets, which once deleted, solved my problem.
Thanks again!

Can't open .xls file in numbers '09

Please help, I just purchased iwork '09 and installed recently. I'm using Mac OS X 10.6.8, numbers '09 version 2.0, pages '09 version 4.0. When I try to open an .xls file the error is given 'Numbers quit unexpectedly while using the SFCompatibility plug-in.'
I saw a post from 2010 that suggested updating iwork '09 to numbers 2.0.3 and pages 4.0.3 but when I check for software updates it gives none for iwork. I have not changed the original location or name of the folder/file of where the iwork files were installed automatically.
I've also deleted the com.apple.iwork.numbers.plist (& the Pages one) located in HD > Users > (your account) > Library > Preferences that was also suggested from this post from 2010.
Thanks!

The latest version of Numbers is 2.3, but that is for Lion & Mountain Lion. For Snow Leopard you should have Numbers 2.0.4. iWork '09 installed from the retail disk or from the downloaded trial must be updated through Software Update. Those installations will not be recognized as installed by the Mac App Store.
But, as always, if you're not running the latest versions of the iWork apps installed from a retail box or the downloaded trial & Software Update says your software is up to date, make sure all three of the iWork '09 applications are where the installer initially put them. The updaters are very picky. If the location is not where the updater is programmed to look or if the folder doesn't have the name the updater looks for, it will not work. The applications cannot be renamed or moved. If you installed from the downloaded trial or the retail box, they must be in the iWork '09 folder in Applications. That iWork folder must be named iWork '09. If it doesn't have the '09 Software Update won't find them & the updaters won't work.

Open xls files in numbers

When I get an attachment in my email .xls I cannot open it on my email nor with numbers. .xlsx is to a problem. How do I resolve this?

Hi - thank you for your responses. I don't have an iPad so testing is all being done on site.
The report is based on three tabs, each producing a basic table with data in. I can create the reports in CSV and they work fine although the format is all wrong (no tabs etc etc) - but that would lead me to believe that it is nothing in the actual data which is causing the load error. It also seems fairly intermittent, so I tested with a few different file sizes to make sure it wasn't this - and again nothing too conclusive there.
I presume quicklook is the built in function to view a file, I spotted this today but again it won't open in that or then again when asked to open in Numbers.
Hunting around this forum it seems there is some issue in general with opening some XLS files (especially ones created by SSRS) depending on iOS version, so that is the route I will be looking at tomorrow. Putting these files through a save loop in excel isn't really an option, so I am going to test with a go between e-mail tomorrow which has in some cases seemed to do the trick - maybe appending something to the original file. Some other posts have suggested that an XLSX file seems to work a lot better and that is supported in MS SQL 2012 which is on the way for our customers at some point.
Definitely an awkward one!
Thanks,
Pete

Problem opening .doc files in pages/.xls files in numbers...

My hard drive recently failed and has been replaced. Since the new hard drive was installed, I am unable to open .doc files with pages or .xls files with numbers. I never had this problem before.

I have I-work 09 [Pages 4.0 (727)]
This is the same version I had before (I think) -- At the Apple Store they used a new I-Work disc to install it onto the new hard drive.
I hope someone can help with this!
Thank you!

I´m trying to open an excel file in numbers not being successful. The error msg is unexpectedly error using plugin SFCompatibility can you help me?

I´m trying to open an excel file in numbers not being successful. The error msg is unexpectedly error using plugin SFCompatibility can you help me? Already changed the extension of the excel document to xlsx an now gives an unknown import error.

In Excel have you tried saving directly to xls (not xlsx) and opening the xls in Numbers?
If you have a complicated workbook in Excel that uses lots of Excel's advanced features, Numbers may not be able to handle the import. It does pretty well on basic things, though.
If you're just trying to get data into Numbers, then often copy-paste from Excel is easier than trying to open xls files.
SG

APEX 4.0: error while opening a XLS file downloaded from interactive report

Hi,
I'm getting below error while opening a XLS file downloaded from an interactive report (APEX 4.0).
"The file you trying to open, 'customer_2.xls', is in a different format than specified by the file extension.
Verify that the is not corrupted and is from a trusted source before opening file. Do you want to open file."
Yes No Help
May be this one Apex 4.0 issue.
please help me.
Thanks
Mukesh

Hi,
is the next part of the code correct.
What i mean is packing of the attachment, finding out the size of pdf file and doc type as PDF.
You can also try below link..
Link: [http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/Snippets/SENDALVGRIDASPDFATTACHMENTTOSAPINBOXUSINGCLASSES]
Hope this helps.
Regards,
-Sandeep

Opening an .xls file and writing data to it....

Hi ,
I have written the following simple routine... which is supposed to open a .xls file and some data are written...:
DECLARE
application ole2.obj_type;
workbooks ole2.obj_type;
workbook ole2.obj_type;
worksheet ole2.obj_type;
worksheets ole2.obj_type;
cell ole2.obj_type;
--Declare handles to OLE argument lists
args ole2.list_type;
BEGIN
application:=OLE2.CREATE_OBJ('Excel.Application');
OLE2.Set_Property(application,'Visible', 'True');
workbooks := ole2.get_obj_property(application, 'Workbooks');
workbook:=OLE2.INVOKE_OBJ(workbooks,'Add');
args:= ole2.create_arglist;
ole2.add_arg(args, 'c:\example.XLS');
workbook := ole2.invoke_obj(workbook, 'Open', args);
ole2.destroy_arglist(args);
args:=OLE2.CREATE_ARGLIST;
OLE2.ADD_ARG(args, 1);
OLE2.ADD_ARG(args, 1);
cell:=OLE2.Invoke_Obj(workbooks, 'Cells', args);
OLE2.DESTROY_ARGLIST(args);
OLE2.Set_Property(cell, 'Value', 'Excel');
args := OLE2.CREATE_ARGLIST;
OLE2.ADD_ARG(args, 0);
OLE2.INVOKE(workbook, 'Close', args);
OLE2.DESTROY_ARGLIST(args);
OLE2.RELEASE_OBJ(cell);
OLE2.RELEASE_OBJ(workbook);
OLE2.RELEASE_OBJ(workbooks);
OLE2.RELEASE_OBJ(application);
OLE2.INVOKE(application,'Quit');
END; but it does nothing.... it simply opens the Excel application..... How should I modify the routine in order to open the example.xls file and write some data to it .....???????
Many thanks,
Simon

OK... I SOLVED THE PROBLEM.....
Regards,
Simon

Problem opening a "xls" file

Good day
I'm having a difficulty opening a .xls file using a Ms Exel 2003.
It prompt a box saying:
The file you are trying to open, 'AA.xls' is in a different format than specified by the file extension. Verify that the file is not corrupted and is from a trusted source
before opening the file. Do you wan to open the file now?
If i click Yes. Another pop up will show:
The information you were working on might be lost. Ms. Office excel can try to recover it for you and i checked on the " recover my work and restart Ms.office excel"
A blank Ms.Excel will be shown.
The size of the file shown on the icon are still there but nothing contain in it.
Pls. help.

Hi,
According to this error, this .xls file may be damaged. The following steps might help recover your file:
1. Click the File menu
2. Click Open
3. Locate the file, but do not click the Open button. Instead, click the drop-down arrow next to the Open button.
4. Click "Open and Repair"
5. In the dialog that pops up, choose "Repair". If that does not work, try the "Extract Data".
6. Let us know if this works. If not, we will see what else we can come up with for you.
Regards,
Greta Ge
TechNet Community Support
It's recommended to download and install
Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT), which is developed by Microsoft Support teams. Once the tool is installed, you can run it at any time to scan for hundreds of known issues in Office
programs.

Problem with opening the xls file

I am getting this message while opening the xls file.
type Status report
message /report/eltc/timeplan_mjain_200708301147.xls
description The requested resource (/report/eltc/timeplan_mjain_200708301147.xls) is not available.The file has been created successfully but not opening. whever i refresh the entire application in the tomact then its been recognized.the code below is used to open the file after creating it.
BaseAction action = new IndicativeTimePlanAction();
               action.execute(objReq, objRes);
               TreeMap map=(TreeMap)objReq.getAttribute(LTCConstant.LTC_TIME_PLAN_MAP);
            String strFilename = TimePlanUtil.downloadTimePlan(objReq,objRes, map);
            //String strFilename="vsblt_mjain1.xls";
            objRes.setContentType("application/octet-stream");
            objRes.setHeader("Content-Disposition","attachment;filename=\""+strFilename+"\"");
            objRes.setHeader("Cache-control","must-revalidate");
            RequestDispatcher dispatcher = objReq.getRequestDispatcher("/report/eltc/"+strFilename);
            dispatcher.forward(objReq, objRes);No exception is thrown at the console.
Any suggestions plz.
Message was edited by:
bobz
Message was edited by:
bobz

whever i refresh the entire application in the tomact then its been recognizedMaybe you're creating and downloading it asynchronously so that the creation of the file isn't finished yet while you're about to download it.

Why can't I open up xls files?

Why can't I open up xls files? I'm new with the mac so please help?

Another possibility... If you have an older version of Excel, and the file you are trying to open is a new version with an .xlsx extenstion, then you need a converter to open it. (Sorry, I don't remember where to get it, because it didn't work for the first year that I tried it before I upgraded to Office 2011 at work.) Weird, since I'm able to open them on my iPhone, but not on my iMac. I've asked friends to save as an older version; some know how to use "save as".
It can also happen cross-platform. If your file is from someone using a new version on a PC, and you don't have the equivalent version on the Mac, it might not open. On the PC, the extension doesn't show, so they may not know what version it is. But when they pen Excel, it will say as it opens.

Opening .xls file with Numbers

I saved a spreadsheet from Numbers '09 version 2.0 in .xls format and then tried to open it, but Numbers won't open it because off a reported problem with the plug-in to do that, "SFCompatibility plug-in." This used to work, I think. Perhaps the latest operating system update messed it up. (I have OS X 10.8.5.) Software update says there is no update for any of my apps. My Numbers software is in Applications/iWork '09.

I was not "fooled by Excel's ability to recognize the file format and apply the correct converter automaticallY"
What i mean is some people will export as a text file, but change the file extension to xls to force it to open excel when double clicked, and excel will open it just fine. Converting as it goes automaticaly and not even asking you any questions or putting up any errors.
I know because i just did it to validate my statement (I am working at a Windows machine at the moment), and it worked fine. Even though the file was actually a tab delimited file, with an XLS on the end. If excel was strict, it would have looked for a Binary XLS file and rejected the file.
This does NOT work with XLSX formats. You will get an error that its not formatted correctly. So if excel was able to recognize file formats and apply the correct converter automatically. they removed this ability in 2007+, only leaving it as legacy functionality.
Your statement would be accurate for plain txt files. But excel is NOT ablel to ID the format automatically.
Try saving a comma separated file with a TXT extension, then try to open it by selecting "files of type" All files, in an open dialog. It will start the converter for text files but will ALWAYS suggest Tab delimited. never the proper format if anything else. (we use Pipe | delimeted very often at work)
thereby I present you the possibility that it is you that has been fooled by Excel into thinking it knows what its doing
Jason

Can't Open .numbers or .xls file on Numbers 2.3

Hi. I can't open any spreadheet on my Numbers 2.3 running on mavericks.
Here is the console log:
20/05/14 12:13:53,627 com.apple.IconServicesAgent[237]: main Failed to composit image for binding VariantBinding [0x211] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0x31d] - extension: ics, UTI: com.apple.ical.ics, fileType: ????.
20/05/14 12:13:53,628 quicklookd[2854]: Warning: Cache image returned by the server has size range covering all valid image sizes. Binding: VariantBinding [0x1003] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0xf03] - extension: ics, UTI: com.apple.ical.ics, fileType: ???? request size:16 scale: 1
20/05/14 12:13:53,722 com.apple.IconServicesAgent[237]: main Failed to composit image for binding VariantBinding [0x515] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0x107] - extension: png, UTI: public.png, fileType: ????.
20/05/14 12:13:53,722 quicklookd[2854]: Warning: Cache image returned by the server has size range covering all valid image sizes. Binding: VariantBinding [0x1203] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0x1103] - extension: png, UTI: public.png, fileType: ???? request size:16 scale: 1
20/05/14 12:13:54,981 com.apple.appkit.xpc.openAndSavePanelService[3284]: assertion failed: 13D65: liblaunch.dylib + 25164 [38D1AB2C-A476-385F-8EA8-7AB604CA1F89]: 0x25
20/05/14 12:13:55,000 com.apple.appkit.xpc.openAndSavePanelService[3284]: assertion failed: 13D65: liblaunch.dylib + 25164 [38D1AB2C-A476-385F-8EA8-7AB604CA1F89]: 0x25
20/05/14 12:13:55,038 com.apple.appkit.xpc.openAndSavePanelService[3284]: Bogus event received by listener connection:
<error: 0x7fff76597b50> { count = 1, contents =
"XPCErrorDescription" => <string: 0x7fff76597e60> { length = 18, contents = "Connection invalid" }
20/05/14 12:13:55,294 com.apple.IconServicesAgent[237]: Icon filename entry missing from bundle info dictionary for bundle at URL: file:///System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/XPCServices/com.a pple.appkit.xpc.openAndSavePanelService.xpc/
20/05/14 12:13:57,765 com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Killing auth hosts
20/05/14 12:13:57,766 com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100023 destroyed
20/05/14 12:13:57,769 com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100024 created
20/05/14 12:13:58,443 com.apple.launchd[1]: (gs-server[3290]) Exited with code: 1
20/05/14 12:13:58,443 com.apple.launchd[1]: (gs-server) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
20/05/14 12:13:58,464 Numbers[3282]: Layout still needs update after calling -[TSKScrollView layout]. TSKScrollView or one of its superclasses may have overridden -layout without calling super. Or, something may have dirtied layout in the middle of updating it. Both are programming errors in Cocoa Autolayout. The former is pretty likely to arise if some pre-Cocoa Autolayout class had a method called layout, but it should be fixed.
20/05/14 12:13:59,728 Numbers[3282]: view service marshal for <NSRemoteView: 0x7f90dc02bc70> failed to forget accessibility connection due to Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4099 "Couldn’t communicate with a helper application." (The connection was invalidated from this process.) UserInfo=0x618000479200 {NSDebugDescription=The connection was invalidated from this process.}
timestamp: 12:13:59.727 Tuesday 20 May 2014
process/thread/queue: Numbers (3282) / 0x132bd4000 / com.apple.NSXPCConnection.user.endpoint
code: line 2972 of /SourceCache/ViewBridge/ViewBridge-46.2/NSRemoteView.m in __57-[NSRemoteView viewServiceMarshalProxy:withErrorHandler:]_block_invoke
domain: communications-failure
20/05/14 12:14:08,474 com.apple.launchd[1]: (gs-server[3301]) Exited with code: 1
20/05/14 12:14:08,474 com.apple.launchd[1]: (gs-server) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
20/05/14 12:14:11,096 Numbers[3299]: Assertion failure: Method: coordinatedOpenDocumentWithContentsOfURL:display:error:
Object: <LSDocumentController 0x31aeac0>
File: /SourceCache/iWorkShared/iWorkShared-760/sfapplication/SFAppDocumentController. mm
Line #: 347
-[SFAppDocumentController coordinatedOpenDocumentWithContentsOfURL:display:error:] is an abstract method
20/05/14 12:14:18,491 com.apple.launchd[1]: (gs-server[3304]) Exited with code: 1
20/05/14 12:14:18,491 com.apple.launchd[1]: (gs-server) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Any idea why?
Thank you.

Hi TS,
Your profile shows MAC OS X 10.7.4, but your Tags include mavericks. Mavericks is OS X 10.9.x
I suspect you have Numbers 3 on your machine. Do a Spotlight search for Numbers. If Numbers 3 is on your machine, it will be in your Applications folder. Numbers 2 (Numbers '09) has been moved to a folder called iWork '09 within your Applications folder.
Wayne Contello has written a User Tip for working with the old and new versions of iWork.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6991
The console log (which I can't interpret) mentions a server. Is this iCloud?
More information will lead to a solution .
Regards,
Ian.

Opening an xls file in Numbers

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for