Re: .xls files

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From: Ken Blake, MVP (kblake_at_this.is.an.invalid.domain)
Date: 06/30/04 

Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:13:49 -0700

In news:B47A5699-00AF-4BC1-82BC-EC501F09270B@microsoft.com,
tech.challenged <techchallenged@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:

> thank-you, thank-you,thank-you ..your explanation and link
saved my
> school project ! I effort and struggled for three days trying
to open
> a email attachment .It provided essential info. to advance my
project
> and wow !The answer to my prayers was a Angel on the web !
THANK-YOU
> ,THANK-YOU, the technically challenged need more Angels ! I can
> receive .xls files...........

You're welcome. Glad to help. 

-- 
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>
>> In news:e37401c43c70$c47d3480$a401280a@phx.gbl,
>> anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com
>> <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>>
>> > i am unable to open a .xls file with xp home edition,
>> > what do i need to do.
>> > thanks for your help
>>
>>
>> Neither Windows XP nor any other version of Windows has ever
had
>> the ability to open .xls files.
>>
>> Windows is an operating system. Excel is an application that
can
>> be installed under Windows. If you have Excel (or some
compatible
>> program) installed, you can open .xls files. If you don't, you
>> can't.
>>
>> If your previous computer, running an older version of
Windows,
>> came with Excel, it was because the vendor who sold it bundled
>> Excel as part of the package he sold you, not because that
>> version of Windows came with Excel.
>>
>> So buy a copy of Excel (or Microsoft Office, which includes
it).
>>
>> However, if all you want to do is view existing Excel
>> spreadsheets, rather than create them yourself, you don't need
a
>> copy of Excel. You can download a free Excel viewer at
>> http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/xlviewer.aspx
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup
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