Off-topic, but in need of help

"Dave Kearton" wrote in message
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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/d...bf4-996c-4569-
b547-75edbd03aaf0&displaylang=EN


Thanks, Dave; much appreciated! :-)


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"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
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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 ?




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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 ?




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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.


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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.


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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.
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