Saving and using excel files in Numbers.

I have saved Numbers files as Excel files. and then saved them to Dropbox. They are .xls files.
My associate uses a PC and his Excel files are .xlsx files.
I can open his files.
How can he open mine?
We are sharing info on a file.

no problem!
if you have an excel document on your mac or pc that you want to view only, email it to yourself from your desktop, open the email onyour iPad, and touch the attachment - it will open as a view only file so all the cell formulae etc are hidden, you just see the visible elements.
if you want something you can use to edit, i use an app called Office2 (that's a superscript "2" or 'Office squared'. I'm using the iPhone version on my iPhone and iPad, It's currently £3.49 on the iTunes app store. But I see there is now an iPad version (HD) available for a fiver.
Basically, you do exactly the same as above but when you touch the attachment in the email, if Office2 is installed there is an option at the top asking which app you want to open it in. Choose Office 2 then you can open, change, save, mail it back to yourself.
i don't use very large excel files, but it works for me!!
enjoy
paul

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mlnott wrote:
I have just downloaded iworks08 to my new macbook pro. I have a trial edition of microsoft excel for mac downloaded as well. I have noticed that I am not able to open excel files in numbers 08.
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