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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
How to Import Excel 97 Macros to Excel 2003
1. Click 'Start' > 'All Programs' > 'Microsoft Office' > 'Microsoft Excel' to open Excel 2003.
2. Click 'File' > 'Open,' browse through your computer files to find the Excel 97 worksheet you want to import, select the file and then click 'Open' to open the Excel 97 worksheet in Excel 2003.
3. Click 'Tools' > 'Macro' > 'Security' to access the macro security options in Excel 2003.
4. Select the 'Medium' security setting to ensure that you are able to access most of the safe macros on any file but avoid accessing potentially harmful macros.
5. Click 'OK' to save the new security settings and then you'll be able to do whatever you need to do on the Excel 97 worksheet you just imported to Excel 2003.
6. Click 'File' > 'Save As,' select 'Excel 97-2002' from the 'File Type' menu and then click 'Save' to save the worksheet. Saving the worksheet in this manner will keep the worksheet accessible to any Excel version starting with Excel 97 and ending with Excel 2003.