The cause appears to be the use of non-ASCII characters in file names. Microsoft describes it like so: “Any user may be ...

XLS files are Excel workbook files created in Excel 97 or Excel 2003. The 2007, 2010 and 2013 versions of the program use the XLSX format by default to save workbooks, but can also use the XLS format.

While it is technically possible to open an Excel file in Notepad, this is not a good idea. Excel files are binary files that contain complex formatting and data structures. When you open an Excel ...

If you see the “The file couldn’t open in protected view” error while opening Microsoft Excel, the solutions listed in this post may help you resolve the issue ...

If you work with multiple Excel files over the course of a workday, and especially if you use a dual-monitor setup, you might wonder how you can launch each Excel file in its own window so you can ...

There is a workaround, though.

This month's monster security patch for Office breaks Excel when it tries to open HTML files, and it seems unlikely Microsoft will fix the problem Excel users are reporting an odd bug in the way Excel ...

Microsoft has started looking into a problem that is preventing users from opening some Excel file attachments with non-ASCII ...

Microsoft Excel is Office Suite’s database management tool wherein you can record data in its rows and columns and perform a myriad of analysis on it. If you’re someone who relies very heavily on ...

Microsoft is working to resolve a known issue that prevents some users from opening Excel email attachments in the new Outlook client.