Excel spreadsheets won't open in Numbers 10.3.5

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Excel spreadsheets won't open in Numbers 10.3.5

I was always able to open Excel spreadsheets in Numbers but since upgrading to Catalina (10.15.7) and Numbers (10.3.5) and the latest version of Excel (16.16.27) the Numbers sheets open but they are completely blank. This is true for Excel sheets created years ago, not just recent ones. None of my Excel spreadsheets open. The Excel cells and data don't show. The problem started after the Numbers upgrade and before the Excel upgrade so I think the problem is in the Numbers program.

This is BIG problem for me because I greatly prefer working in Numbers

Sam Lux

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Nov 22, 2020 5:54 PM

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Badunit

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Nov 22, 2020 6:30 PM in response to Sam Lux

No problems here.

When you say "completely blank" do you really mean completely blank, like a numbers Sheet that has had everything deleted from it? Does it have any sheets with names or just the one default sheet with the name Sheet 1? No tables? Nothing?

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Badunit

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Nov 22, 2020 6:48 PM in response to Sam Lux

If rebooting doesn't fix it I think I would delete the Numbers app and reinstall it from the App store. There have been some really oddball problems with the most recent Numbers and OS updates.

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Sam Lux Author

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Nov 22, 2020 6:42 PM in response to Badunit

Here's what I see when I try to open the Excel spreadsheet "Interesting IMGs_2020-21_Nov19.xisx"

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Badunit

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Nov 22, 2020 6:24 PM in response to Sam Lux

I am running the exact same OS X and Numbers versions as you and Excel update 16.16.25. No problems with that. I'll bite the bullet and update to 16.16.27 and see what happens...

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Excel spreadsheets won't open in Numbers 10.3.5

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