Excel

[Alice Gardiner]

I received my Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop over two years ago and
installed Windows XP then. I have never had Excel. I would like to have
it. Is Excel no longer a component of Windows?

Do I have to reinstall the entire operating system? I have five
Microsoft Works Suite disks.

 

[DatabaseBen]

excel is an office product that is sold alone or in a bundle as MSOffice.
the spreadsheet module in Works is not a standalone spreadsheet....
Since both are products of MS, they can exchange data, but
Excel and Works are seperate product lines.

 

[Rock]

"Alice Gardiner"wrote

I received my Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop over two years ago and
installed Windows XP then. I have never had Excel. I would like to have
it. Is Excel no longer a component of Windows?

Do I have to reinstall the entire operating system? I have five
Microsoft Works Suite disks.

Neither Excel or any Office application ever was a component of Windows or
came with the OS. Some vendors bundle and Office suite, but it's not part
of the OS. You'll have to purchase it either separately or in an Office
Suite.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I received my Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop over two years ago and
installed Windows XP then. I have never had Excel. I would like to have
it. Is Excel no longer a component of Windows?

Do I have to reinstall the entire operating system? I have five
Microsoft Works Suite disks.

Neither the Microsoft Office application suite, nor any of its
individual component applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access,
Outlook, etc.), have _ever_ been "part" of *any* Windows operating
system. They are, and always have been, separate applications, that
must be purchased and installed separately.

1) Go to store/shop that sells computer software.

2) Purchase Excel, or the Microsoft Office productivity suite.

3) Return home.

4) Insert installation CD in PC's CD drive and follow the on-screen
prompts and instructions to install application and desired additional
features.

For the budget-minded (who also don't need all of Excel's specific
features), there's the free, open source OpenOffice:

http://www.openoffice.org/


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[Ken Blake, MVP]

I received my Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop over two years ago and
installed Windows XP then. I have never had Excel. I would like to
have it. Is Excel no longer a component of Windows?

It never was.

Neither Windows XP, nor any other version of Windows, has ever included
Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, or any other significant application
software. Such programs have to be bought, either by themselves or as part
of Microsoft Office.

If your previous computer, running an older version of Windows, came with
Excel, it was because the vendor who sold it bundled it as part of the
package he sold you, not because that version of Windows came with it. Some,
but not all, vendors do the same with Windows XP.

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://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...F4-996C-4569-B547-75EDBD03AAF0&displaylang=en
or http://tinyurl.com/6tss3