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quite a few fields and I often wonder to myself if any Hi All, I use Mac OSX 10.6.8, the Migration Count document opens fine with Open Office. This is a free open source office program that will save documents as MSWord, or MSExcel format. It is available for Mac, Linux, PC Windows at : www.openoffice.org/‎ Good Luck, George Forsyth Quoting nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com>: > The NSMC 2013 Excel spreadsheet opens fine from the NSBS Corkboard when > using Mozilla Firefox as the browser. > > Nancy > > > On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 10:04 PM, <klantz@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > >> It seems that the problem is a little deeper than just a newer version >> of the document. I can open XLS files from Internet Explorer when on other >> sites but not from the link on the NSBS corkboard. >> >> For some reason Internet Explorer does not recognize it as an excel >> document. Rather than getting a prompt to open/save the file it simply >> opens the text in the same window. >> >> However if I use Google Chrome as my browser the file will open with >> either Excel 2000 or Excel 2010. >> >> Kevin >> >> >> *From:* Ken McKenna <kenmcken@eastlink.ca> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 07, 2013 17:14 >> *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> *Cc:* Dave Currie <david_currie@ns.sympatico.ca> >> *Subject:* Re: [NatureNS] Nova Scotia Migration Count >> >> >> Ken McKenna >> Box 218 Stellarton NS >> B0K 1S0 >> 902 752-7644 >> Hi Chris >> I have an older computer and I cannot open the excel sheets on the cork >> board successfully. They are all gibberish. I can open the PDF sheets, but >> cannot figure how to input data as I cannot type numbers into the PDF. I >> would have to print them off, input data, scan them and there would not be >> totals unless I add them up manually >> Is there an easy way to send the excel in an older format? It might be >> nice to have a field sheet some year as well. I have one of my own but it >> has the birds in the older tax. order with loons first.I see you still have >> the warblers in the old order. This is where the NSMC is work as there are >> quite a few fields and I often wonder to myself if any use is made of all >> the fields i.e. night, feeder etc. maybe they could all be lumped if the >> data is not being dissected using this info. >> I have copied this to Dave in case all it takes is a click of a button to >> make the new excel file an older excel file. >> cheers >> Ken >> >> >> >> >> >> *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> >> *Sent:* Saturday, May 04, 2013 8:24 PM >> *Subject:* [NatureNS] Nova Scotia Migration Count >> >> The NSMC is only one week away! >> Anyone wishing to participate is encouraged to contact their county >> coordinator and let them know where they will be counting birds. The list >> of coordinators can be found on the "Cork Board" of the Nova Scotia Bird >> Society website. If your county has no coordinator you can contact me, >> Chris Pepper at cpepper@ymail.com or phone 483-6693 and I can help you >> get started. >> >> Now lets all pray to Mother Nature for good weather, >> >> Chris >> >> >
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