Off-topic, but in need of help

[Alan Erskine]

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

[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]

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]

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]

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

[R W Hughes]

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]

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"

[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]

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

[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

[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

[Dauntless[_1_]]

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
>
>
>

[Dauntless]

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
>
>
>

[CWO4 Dave Mann]

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

[CWO4 Dave Mann]

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

[John Smith]

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]

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
>
>

[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

[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

[R W Hughes]

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"

[R W Hughes]

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"