MS Excel is a spreadsheet application of MS Office product suite which is used for creating, managing and processing data. It allows you to do different types of calculations, by using graphic tools like charts and graphs. It also allows you to automate data by using the VBA language. Moreover, you can also embed Excel spreadsheet with other MS Office applications like Word and PowerPoint.

Let us consider a practical scenario where you have generated an Excel spreadsheet in Excel 2002. However, as you open the same file in Excel 2003 encounter the following error message:

‘Errors were detected in filename.xls, but Microsoft Excel was able to open the file by making the repairs listed below. Save the file to make these repairs permanent.’

Causes:

The occurrence of this error on your system shows that your excel 2003 files are corrupted and it is not possible to repair it. Excel tried to recover your formulas and values, but some of your Excel files may have been corrupted. However this file still opens perfectly in Excel 2002 but it gives the above-mentioned error when opened in Excel 2003. Excel 2003 corruption mainly occurs due to power shortage, human errors, virus attack, unexpected system shutdown, and large-sized files etc. If your excel files are damaged you should take necessary steps to repair corrupted Excel file in 2003 in order to save your data from being lost.

How to overcome Excel 2003 corruption

You should open the damaged Excel file in 2002 and copy the entire data of Excel file in the clipboard. After that open a new file in Excel 2003 and place the entire copied data in the new file and save the Excel file. However, for doing this both Excel 2002 and 2003 versions must be installed on your system.

          

If using these methods you are still unable to overcome Excel 2003 corruption, you can use third-party Excel repair applications. These applications are non-destructive and read-only in nature, so it ensures safe and secure Excel repair operations. It employs advanced scanning techniques to restore all file objects and supports different types of Excel versions like 2007, 2003, 2002 and 2000. These applications are compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and NT.