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Losing borders in transition from Excel 97 to 2024 Pro Plus
Well, a couple weeks later with no resolution, I realized that it is just a calendar. The borders may be missing, but I can print the pages and draw them in with a pen. The data is there. Not an elegant solution, but easier than spending a ton of time overhauling the entire spreadsheet.
Your pen solution — Genuinely not a bad call for a personal calendar. Print, draw borders, done. If the data is right, the visual polish is a secondary concern.
The one thing most worth you can trying...
If you still have the Windows 7 machine: open the original .xls there, go to File → Save As, and save a copy as .xlsx (Excel 2007+ format) from within Excel 97's successor on that machine if possible — or at minimum, print everything to PDF from there. That preserves what you built without having to fight the format translation.
If the old machine is gone, Libre Office is your best free first attempt before resigning to the pen or a rebuild.
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Hope this will help you.
