Old Help View

jeff hundt · External Since: Sep 24, 2009 Posts: 2

A colleague and I were trying to use the Excel 2003 help menu expecting to use the "index" option. Instead we get this Assistance menu with a "search for" textbox.

Is there a way to restore and use the old version?

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Gord Dibben · External Since: Feb 23, 2004 Posts: 9178

Only if you can find old versions of the *.chm files and rename them as the
newer versions...............and renaming the 2003 files so's Excel will not
recognize them.

Excel97's XLMAIN8.chm would be renamed to XLMAIN11.chm

You would lose any help on the new features for Excel 2003 so in my opinion
best to learn how to use the "search for" feature.

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:06:22 -0700, jeff hundt wrote:

>A colleague and I were trying to use the Excel 2003 help menu expecting to use the "index" option. Instead we get this Assistance menu with a "search for" textbox.
>
>Is there a way to restore and use the old version?
>
>EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
>WPF And The Model View View Model Pattern
>http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/ec832ac7-6e4c-4ea8-81ab-7374d3da3425/wpf-and-the-model-view-vi.aspx

jeff hundt · External Since: Sep 24, 2009 Posts: 2

Thanks for the info.

Gord Dibben wrote:

Re: Old Help View
24-Sep-09

Only if you can find old versions of the *.chm files and rename them as the
newer versions...............and renaming the 2003 files so's Excel will not
recognize them.

Excel97's XLMAIN8.chm would be renamed to XLMAIN11.chm

You would lose any help on the new features for Excel 2003 so in my opinion
best to learn how to use the "search for" feature.

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:06:22 -0700, jeff hundt wrote:

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Gord Dibben · External Since: Feb 23, 2004 Posts: 9178

How would this add functionality to a version that dropped what OP needs a
couple of versions past?

Excel 2002 and newer do not have an "Index" in their help files.

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:04:31 GMT, "maxilo via OfficeKB.com" <u54967@uwe>
wrote:

>The best way to restore Excel is a software that I found on the web. I used
>it to repair ms office files download and it worked, leave the link for you
>to try (http://www.cimaware.com/main/products/officefix.php)
>
>jeff hundt wrote:
>>A colleague and I were trying to use the Excel 2003 help menu expecting to use the "index" option. Instead we get this Assistance menu with a "search for" textbox.
>>
>>Is there a way to restore and use the old version?
>>
>>EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
>>WPF And The Model View View Model Pattern
>>http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/ec832ac7-6e4c-4ea8-81ab-7374d3da3425/wpf-and-the-model-view-vi.aspx