You can open a 2007 Excel spreadsheet with Excel 2003 if you save the file in Excel 2007 using "Save As" and select the 2003 compatibility mode.
In Excel 2003 there are 256 columns. In Excel 2007 there are 16384 columns.In Excel 2003 there are 256 columns. In Excel 2007 there are 16384 columns.In Excel 2003 there are 256 columns. In Excel 2007 there are 16384 columns.In Excel 2003 there are 256 columns. In Excel 2007 there are 16384 columns.In Excel 2003 there are 256 columns. In Excel 2007 there are 16384 columns.In Excel 2003 there are 256 columns. In Excel 2007 there are 16384 columns.In Excel 2003 there are 256 columns. In Excel 2007 there are 16384 columns.In Excel 2003 there are 256 columns. In Excel 2007 there are 16384 columns.In Excel 2003 there are 256 columns. In Excel 2007 there are 16384 columns.In Excel 2003 there are 256 columns. In Excel 2007 there are 16384 columns.In Excel 2003 there are 256 columns. In Excel 2007 there are 16384 columns.
Column IV is not the last column in Excel 2007, as it was in Excel 2003. In Excel 2003 the last column is IV which is column 256. In Excel 2007 the last column is XFD, which is column 16384.
The SUMIFS function first appeared in Excel 2007. The previous version, Excel 2003, did not have it.
The most obvious visible difference is the ribbon bar (new menu system) displayed by all Office 2007 products. You also will notice a new file format. Excel 2003 uses an extension of XLS, while Excel 2007 uses the extension of XLXS, You can open Excel 2003 files in Excel 2007, but not the other way around. Excel 2007 adds many new functions. See related links for what's new with Excel 2007. Also see the related links for how to match the old Excel 2003 menu items with the new Excel 2007 ribbon.
Default file format for Excel 2003: .xls Default file format for Excel 2007: .xlsx Note: You can't open lower version file format in upper version. If you want to do this then you will have to download the compatibility pack.
The standard extension for Excel workbooks is xls for versions up to 2003. Excel 2007 uses xlsx as its extension for workbooks.
It depends. There is no direct relationship between Windows and Excel versions. If you have Windows XP, you probably use Excel 2003. If you have Windows 7, you probably use Excel 2007 or Excel 2010. Excel 2007 and later can read Excel 2003 files, but Excel 2003 cannot read Excel 2007 files, unless you save the files in "compatibility mode." Excel 2007 and later contain some features not available with Excel 2003 and earlier. If you need to use the same worksheets with several versions, then save your files in compatibility mode with the newer versions.
Not necessarily. Having a good understanding of Excel 2003 will help in using Excel 2007. The main difference is the look, but the fundamentals are the same as it is still a spreadsheet, so it has to be able to do things that spreadsheets do, like with the formulas and functions. As those things are much the same, then you could use Excel 2007 without having ever used Excel 2003. Users of Excel 2003 would find Excel 2007 a little strange at first because of how different it looks, although they would quickly get used to it. Someone who has never used Excel 2003 won't have that problem.
I don't know about Excel 2007 but in 2003 you cannot do it with a macro. An inherent feature constratint of Excel 2003.
The total number of columns in versions of Excel up to Excel 2003 is 256 columns. The total number of columns in Microsoft Excel 2007 and onwards is 16384. The total number of rows up to Excel 2003 is 65536. From Excel 2007 it is 1048576.
Excel 2007 documents won't open directly in Excel 2003. There are a few options though. There may be converters that you can download from the Microsoft website to do it. In 2007, you can save the document as a 2003 file. Another thing to do is if you have a Gmail account, e-mail to that account and you can open it in Google Documents, and copy and paste it into Excel 2003. It is possible that you will lose some data that way, though that is not always the case.
Excel 2003 and earlier: .XLS Excel 2007 and later: .XLSX