I just got hold of an excel spreadsheet from someone, but I don't have
excel. Is there any other program I can get (free) that will open an excel
spread sheat? It's very important that I see this.

--
Alan Erskine

Alan Erskine wrote:
> I just got hold of an excel spreadsheet from someone, but I don't have
> excel. Is there any other program I can get (free) that will open an
> excel spread sheat? It's very important that I see this.



There's a range of options ----


Email it to someone to convert to something else

Download an Excel viewer from M$

Track down an alternate package that opens Excel files. I had one that
came with a 'PC User' disk




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Cheers

Dave Kearton

Alan Erskine wrote:
> I just got hold of an excel spreadsheet from someone, but I don't have
> excel. Is there any other program I can get (free) that will open an
> excel spread sheat? It's very important that I see this.



There's a range of options ----


Email it to someone to convert to something else

Download an Excel viewer from M$

Track down an alternate package that opens Excel files. I had one that
came with a 'PC User' disk




--

Cheers

Dave Kearton

Dave Kearton wrote:
> Alan Erskine wrote:
>> I just got hold of an excel spreadsheet from someone, but I don't
>> have excel. Is there any other program I can get (free) that will
>> open an excel spread sheat? It's very important that I see this.
>
>
>
> There's a range of options ----
>
>
> Email it to someone to convert to something else
>
> Download an Excel viewer from M$



http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c8378bf4-996c-4569-b547-75edbd03aaf0&displaylang=EN





>
> Track down an alternate package that opens Excel files. I had
> one that came with a 'PC User' disk

--

Cheers

Dave Kearton

Dave Kearton wrote:
> Alan Erskine wrote:
>> I just got hold of an excel spreadsheet from someone, but I don't
>> have excel. Is there any other program I can get (free) that will
>> open an excel spread sheat? It's very important that I see this.
>
>
>
> There's a range of options ----
>
>
> Email it to someone to convert to something else
>
> Download an Excel viewer from M$



http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c8378bf4-996c-4569-b547-75edbd03aaf0&displaylang=EN





>
> Track down an alternate package that opens Excel files. I had
> one that came with a 'PC User' disk

--

Cheers

Dave Kearton

or check out open office
http://www.openoffice.org/
Dave Kearton wrote:
> Dave Kearton wrote:
>
>>Alan Erskine wrote:
>>
>>>I just got hold of an excel spreadsheet from someone, but I don't
>>>have excel. Is there any other program I can get (free) that will
>>>open an excel spread sheat? It's very important that I see this.
>>
>>
>>
>>There's a range of options ----
>>
>>
>>Email it to someone to convert to something else
>>
>>Download an Excel viewer from M$
>
>
>
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c8378bf4-996c-4569-b547-75edbd03aaf0&displaylang=EN
>
>
>
>
>
>
>>Track down an alternate package that opens Excel files. I had
>>one that came with a 'PC User' disk
>
>


--
Robert W. Hughes (Bob)
BackYard Engineering
29:40.237N, 95:28.726W or perhaps 30:55.265N, 95:20.590W
Houston, Texas "The city with too much Oxygen"

or check out open office
http://www.openoffice.org/
Dave Kearton wrote:
> Dave Kearton wrote:
>
>>Alan Erskine wrote:
>>
>>>I just got hold of an excel spreadsheet from someone, but I don't
>>>have excel. Is there any other program I can get (free) that will
>>>open an excel spread sheat? It's very important that I see this.
>>
>>
>>
>>There's a range of options ----
>>
>>
>>Email it to someone to convert to something else
>>
>>Download an Excel viewer from M$
>
>
>
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c8378bf4-996c-4569-b547-75edbd03aaf0&displaylang=EN
>
>
>
>
>
>
>>Track down an alternate package that opens Excel files. I had
>>one that came with a 'PC User' disk
>
>


--
Robert W. Hughes (Bob)
BackYard Engineering
29:40.237N, 95:28.726W or perhaps 30:55.265N, 95:20.590W
Houston, Texas "The city with too much Oxygen"

R W Hughes wrote:
> or check out open office
> http://www.openoffice.org/



That's the one.....have you used it ? If so, what do you think ?




--

Cheers

Dave Kearton

R W Hughes wrote:
> or check out open office
> http://www.openoffice.org/



That's the one.....have you used it ? If so, what do you think ?




--

Cheers

Dave Kearton

"Dave Kearton" > wrote in message
...
> Dave Kearton wrote:
> > Alan Erskine wrote:
> >> I just got hold of an excel spreadsheet from someone, but I don't
> >> have excel. Is there any other program I can get (free) that will
> >> open an excel spread sheat? It's very important that I see this.
> >
> >
> >
> > There's a range of options ----
> >
> >
> > Email it to someone to convert to something else
> >
> > Download an Excel viewer from M$
>
>
>
>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c8378bf4-996c-4569-
b547-75edbd03aaf0&displaylang=EN
>

Thanks, Dave; much appreciated! :-)


--
Alan Erskine

"Dave Kearton" > wrote in message
...
> Dave Kearton wrote:
> > Alan Erskine wrote:
> >> I just got hold of an excel spreadsheet from someone, but I don't
> >> have excel. Is there any other program I can get (free) that will
> >> open an excel spread sheat? It's very important that I see this.
> >
> >
> >
> > There's a range of options ----
> >
> >
> > Email it to someone to convert to something else
> >
> > Download an Excel viewer from M$
>
>
>
>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c8378bf4-996c-4569-
b547-75edbd03aaf0&displaylang=EN
>

Thanks, Dave; much appreciated! :-)


--
Alan Erskine

http://www.openoffice.org/
--
Gene "Dauntless" Flannery

"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in
a
pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly
used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming--WOW--What a ride!!!"
-Stuart Wilde-

"If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend
to view every problem as a nail."
-Maslow-

"Religion is sitting in a church thinking about fishing.
Spirituality is fishing and thinking about God."
-Unknown-

"Alan Erskine" > wrote in message
...
> I just got hold of an excel spreadsheet from someone, but I don't have
> excel. Is there any other program I can get (free) that will open an
excel
> spread sheat? It's very important that I see this.
>
> --
> Alan Erskine
>
>
>

http://www.openoffice.org/
--
Gene "Dauntless" Flannery

"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in
a
pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly
used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming--WOW--What a ride!!!"
-Stuart Wilde-

"If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend
to view every problem as a nail."
-Maslow-

"Religion is sitting in a church thinking about fishing.
Spirituality is fishing and thinking about God."
-Unknown-

"Alan Erskine" > wrote in message
...
> I just got hold of an excel spreadsheet from someone, but I don't have
> excel. Is there any other program I can get (free) that will open an
excel
> spread sheat? It's very important that I see this.
>
> --
> Alan Erskine
>
>
>

Alan Erskine wrote:
> I just got hold of an excel spreadsheet from someone, but I don't have
> excel. Is there any other program I can get (free) that will open an excel
> spread sheat? It's very important that I see this.
>
> --
> Alan Erskine
>
>
>

Go to this site:

http://www.openoffice.org/

and download the Open Office suite. It is a free replacement for MS
office and includes spreadsheets.

I have used it with my Linux system for years. Thee are NO
compatibility issues with MS files.

There is a Windows version which I installed on my college student kids'
laptops, rather than pay for the MS office suite.

Consider switching to Fedora or Ubuntu Linux as a complete break from MS.

regards,

Dave

Alan Erskine wrote:
> I just got hold of an excel spreadsheet from someone, but I don't have
> excel. Is there any other program I can get (free) that will open an excel
> spread sheat? It's very important that I see this.
>
> --
> Alan Erskine
>
>
>

Go to this site:

http://www.openoffice.org/

and download the Open Office suite. It is a free replacement for MS
office and includes spreadsheets.

I have used it with my Linux system for years. Thee are NO
compatibility issues with MS files.

There is a Windows version which I installed on my college student kids'
laptops, rather than pay for the MS office suite.

Consider switching to Fedora or Ubuntu Linux as a complete break from MS.

regards,

Dave

Open Office is a suite of programs that are quite similar to the MS Office
suite and they are available for a range of platforms. Generally, they are
quite compatible with the equivalent MS product unless you are using very
involved macros.
Hugh


"Dave Kearton" > wrote in message
...
>R W Hughes wrote:
>> or check out open office
>> http://www.openoffice.org/
>
>
>
> That's the one.....have you used it ? If so, what do you think ?
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave Kearton
>
>

Open Office is a suite of programs that are quite similar to the MS Office
suite and they are available for a range of platforms. Generally, they are
quite compatible with the equivalent MS product unless you are using very
involved macros.
Hugh


"Dave Kearton" > wrote in message
...
>R W Hughes wrote:
>> or check out open office
>> http://www.openoffice.org/
>
>
>
> That's the one.....have you used it ? If so, what do you think ?
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave Kearton
>
>

John Smith wrote:
> Open Office is a suite of programs that are quite similar to the MS
> Office suite and they are available for a range of platforms. Generally,
> they are quite compatible with the equivalent MS product
> unless you are using very involved macros.
> Hugh
>
>


Thanks Hugh,


I tend to use formulae a lot, I'll definitely give it a try. MS
Office gets chubbier with each new release.


I just hope the hackers don't start to concentrate on Open Office like they
do with MS.


--

Cheers

Dave Kearton

John Smith wrote:
> Open Office is a suite of programs that are quite similar to the MS
> Office suite and they are available for a range of platforms. Generally,
> they are quite compatible with the equivalent MS product
> unless you are using very involved macros.
> Hugh
>
>


Thanks Hugh,


I tend to use formulae a lot, I'll definitely give it a try. MS
Office gets chubbier with each new release.


I just hope the hackers don't start to concentrate on Open Office like they
do with MS.


--

Cheers

Dave Kearton

just loaded it and looked at it, haven't had time to do much. Have heard
that Math is smarter then XL, can do a sort of a multi-column data set
based on one column.
--
Robert W. Hughes (Bob)
BackYard Engineering
29:40.237N, 95:28.726W or perhaps 30:55.265N, 95:20.590W
Houston, Texas "The city with too much Oxygen"

just loaded it and looked at it, haven't had time to do much. Have heard
that Math is smarter then XL, can do a sort of a multi-column data set
based on one column.
--
Robert W. Hughes (Bob)
BackYard Engineering
29:40.237N, 95:28.726W or perhaps 30:55.265N, 95:20.590W
Houston, Texas "The city with too much Oxygen"