Open a Lotus 1-2-3 file using Excel 2003

I was emailed a file saved in Lotus 1-2-3. I have Excel 2003 and get an
error that it can't open Lotus 123 files. Surely if Word can open a
WordPerfect document, Excel can open a Lotus 123 file. What am I missing?

Excel cannot open files in the .123 format. It can read the older WK4
format. You might ask the sender to save a copy in the older format and
send it to you. There is a program that can do the conversion, Conversions
Plus from www.dataviz.com, but I doubt you want to spend $50 or whatever it
is to open one file.

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Jim
"Teri" <Teri@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E6B57BD1-D90C-478E-A681-9149401FFA08@microsoft.com...
>I was emailed a file saved in Lotus 1-2-3. I have Excel 2003 and get an
> error that it can't open Lotus 123 files. Surely if Word can open a
> WordPerfect document, Excel can open a Lotus 123 file. What am I missing?

Thanks, Jim - and you're right about the $50.

"Jim Rech" wrote:

> Excel cannot open files in the .123 format. It can read the older WK4
> format. You might ask the sender to save a copy in the older format and
> send it to you. There is a program that can do the conversion, Conversions
> Plus from www.dataviz.com, but I doubt you want to spend $50 or whatever it
> is to open one file.
>
> --
> Jim
> "Teri" <Teri@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E6B57BD1-D90C-478E-A681-9149401FFA08@microsoft.com...
> >I was emailed a file saved in Lotus 1-2-3. I have Excel 2003 and get an
> > error that it can't open Lotus 123 files. Surely if Word can open a
> > WordPerfect document, Excel can open a Lotus 123 file. What am I missing?
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