Don't have Excel

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Robert

I have received a data file in ".csv.xls"
format and I can open it and view it with
Excel viewer but what I want to do is transfer
the information to MS Works Database.

Is there a way I can do this without buying
Excel ?

Thanks,
Robert
 
What have you tried and what happened? Do you have any friends/co-workers
who have XL/Works so that they may help you?

I do not have Viewer nor MS Works, so cannot test whether you can copy/paste
or any of the other possible methods.
 
Robert said:
I have received a data file in ".csv.xls"
format and I can open it and view it with
Excel viewer but what I want to do is transfer
the information to MS Works Database.

Is there a way I can do this without buying
Excel ?
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If you have a relatively fast Internet connection, you could download either
OpenOffice, Thinkfree Office, 602 Office or Ability Office, all of which
have at least fully functional demo versions if they aren't free, and all
can open single worksheet Excel files. I believe 602 Office is the smallest
download.
 
Robert,

The file would be in EITHER .csv OR .xls format.

..xls is a format for Excel files
..csv is comma separated variable. This is an ASCII text
file with one line per row and each value separated by a
comma.

If the file is .csv format then MS Works should have no
problem opening it.

Cheers,
Dave.
 
Dave Ramage said:
The file would be in EITHER .csv OR .xls format.
.xls is a format for Excel files
.csv is comma separated variable. This is an ASCII text
file with one line per row and each value separated by a
comma.
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Adding to Dave: Open the file in notepad or some other text editor. If it's cluttered
nonsense then it's probably xls and you need a spreadsheet program. If it's neatly ordered
readable data then it's CSV and it will open in anything.

Whichever -DON'T save while there.
 
I have received a data file in ".csv.xls"
format and I can open it and view it with
Excel viewer but what I want to do is transfer
the information to MS Works Database.

Is there a way I can do this without buying
Excel ?

Thanks,
Robert
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I suspect all you need to do is open the file with MS Works. Works
appears to have the capability to open and work with an excel file.
It lists excel SS.xl* as one of the file types. Whether you can use
the data base function or just the spreadsheet function...I don't
know. Give it a shot.

This is from the Works help menu:

Open a document created in another program
Why use Works to open a document created in another program?
You can open a document in Works, even if it was originally created in
another program. For example, if you use WordPerfect at the office and
Works at home, you can take a WordPerfect document home, and then open
it in Works. Or, you can save a Works document at home in WordPerfect
format so you can work on it at the office.
When you open a file that was created in another program, you might
see slight differences. For example, if the file contains formatting
that is not supported in Works 2000, that formatting might not be
preserved.

Works can open files from many other software programs. To see if the
file you want to open is supported by Works, check the file formats
listed in the Files of type box in the Open dialog box (File menu).

On the File menu, click Open.

In the Files of type box, click the down arrow, and then click the
type of file you want to open.
You may have to scroll to display all of the file types.


If the file you want is listed, double-click the file name to open it.
- or -

If the file you want is not listed, switch to the drive or folder
where the file is located.

How?


In the Look in box, click the down arrow.

To switch to another drive, click the letter of the drive you want.
For example, if you want to switch to your floppy drive that is
designated as A, click A: in the list.


Double-click the folder you want.

Double-click the name of the file.
Tip
If the program used to create the file is not listed in the Open
dialog box, try saving it in a format that is supported by both Works
and the other program. If the programs don't share a file format, you
might have to save the file as text (.txt) or Rich Text Format (.rtf)
before you can open it in Works.
_____________

Tippy
 
Also since you (the original poster) are unsure of what you actually have, would
suggest making a copy of the file and working with it until you
are sure. A ".csv" file should be no problem. I think an
".xls" file would have to be from an older version of Excel,
but don't know.
 
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