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To open a file, use one of the following methods:

Double left-click the file.

Open MyOffice Spreadsheet and follow the steps below:

1.In the Command menu, select File > Open or press Ctrl+O.

2.In the File manager window that appears, select the desired file and click Open.

Open MyOffice Spreadsheet and drag the document or its shortcut from the operating system file manager window to the open application window. You can open up to 32 files at a time by dragging and dropping them into the application window.

The document will open on the sheet on which the last data save before closing was made. If this sheet has been renamed or deleted in another application, the document opens on the first sheet.

File in .xls format

When you open a file in .xls format, it is automatically converted to .xlsx format.

To save a file in .xlsx format, follow the steps described in the Save a file section.

File in .xlsb format

When you open a file in .xlsb format, a copy of that file in a different format is opened.

To save a copy of the file in .xlsx, .ods, or .xods format, follow the steps in Save a file section.

To save a copy of the file in .xlsb format, follow the steps in the Export to section. When exporting, you can replace the original .xlsb file with this copy of the file.

Read-only file

If the Read-only property is set for a file by the OS tools, then:

This file is opened in the View mode.

A notification “You can only view this document” is displayed on the Toolbar.

The file is opened in the edit mode if you work with it using the WebDAV protocol or if it has the .xlsb extension.

In the View mode, you cannot make changes to the document or change its formatting. If necessary, you can create a copy of this document that can be edited. To do this, click Edit a Copy on the Toolbar.

A copy of the document will open in a new application window. To save the file copy, follow the steps described in the Save a file section.

File is being used by another application

If the file is opened for editing in another application, then:

This file is opened in the View mode.

The Toolbar displays a notification that the document is opened in another application.

The file is opened in edit mode if it has an .xlsb extension or is opened in another application, but that application has not created a lock file.

In the View mode, you cannot make changes to the document or change its formatting.

To edit a document, do one of the following:

Finish working with the document in another application. Then, in MyOffice Spreadsheet, click Check Availability on the Toolbar. If working with a document in another application is not completed, the pop-up message “Document still in use” will be displayed. If the work is completed, the document will switch to the Edit mode.

Create an editable copy of the document. To do this, in MyOffice Spreadsheet, on the Toolbar, click Edit a Copy. A copy of the document will open in a new application window. To save the file copy, follow the steps described in the Save a file section.

File is opened by another user

When you try to open a local document opened by another user on the same computer, a dialog box is displayed that contains:

Information about the user who is currently working with this document.

Open a Copy button to create an editable copy of the document.

Close button to finish working with the document.

The file in .xlsb format is opened in edit mode.

 

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