XL98: Templates, Excel 2.2 Worksheets not Displayed in Find File (180519)

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, if you click Open on the File menu, click Find File, and then search for Microsoft Excel files, the Find File dialog box does not list any files that are saved as either Microsoft Excel templates or Microsoft Excel 2.2 worksheets.

CAUSE

When you search for Microsoft Excel files, the Find File dialog box displays files with file types that are any of the following:

   BINA   LTTR   XLA    XLA5   XLA8   XLB4
   XLB5   XLBN   XLC    XLC3   XLL    XLM
   XLM3   XLM4   XLPG   XLS    XLS3   XLS4
   XLS5   XLS8   XLW    XLW3   XLW4   XLW5
   XTC    XTS    XTM

Since the file type of a Microsoft Excel template is sLS8, templates are not listed in the Find File dialog box when you search for Microsoft Excel files. By the same token, the file type of a Microsoft Excel 2.2 worksheet is XLS2, so Microsoft Excel 2.2 worksheets are also not listed in the Find File dialog box.

WORKAROUND

To search for templates and Microsoft Excel 2.2 worksheets, you must select "All Files" in the File Type list box in the Search dialog box. When you do this, all files, including templates, are listed in the Find File dialog box.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.