Resources: Excel file Aug 28, 2013 By blair parkin I have an Excel file in my resources. When I click on it from within the course in the LMS it is trying to open/save it as a zip file. I also have a PDF and it opens fine. Any suggestions??? thanks Blair
Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard Staff over 10 years ago08/29/13 at 9:49 am (UTC) Hi Blair, I wanted to point you to this article about ensuring your server has the correct MIME types for newer versions of Excel file formats.
blair parkin Author over 10 years ago08/29/13 at 2:42 pm (UTC) Thanks Ashley, I will follow up with our hosts to get that done (at a cost, boo!!). In the mean time though I have changed the file to 2003 format and that is working. Appreciate your help Blair
Leslie McKerchie Staff over 10 years ago08/30/13 at 5:49 am (UTC) Thanks for the update Blair. Glad you figured out a way to get it working
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Hi Blair,
I wanted to point you to this article about ensuring your server has the correct MIME types for newer versions of Excel file formats.
Thanks Ashley, I will follow up with our hosts to get that done (at a cost, boo!!).
In the mean time though I have changed the file to 2003 format and that is working.
Appreciate your help
Blair
Thanks for the update Blair. Glad you figured out a way to get it working
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