How do I open up an emailed .xls document without Excel?

[Guest]

I don't think I have Excel on my computer. I just know I want to open an
..xls file I was sent. I do have Microsoft Works. If a copy of Excel is
required to open any .xls document, is it available for download online? Or
must I go purchase a copy of it? Or is there another alternative? The
cheaper the better.

Thanks,

 

[Ron de Bruin]

Hi Edward

Use the free Viewer
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...f4-996c-4569-b547-75edbd03aaf0&displaylang=EN

 

[Norman Jones]

Hi Edward,

If you do not have Excel, you can download an Excel viewer from Microsoft.
The viewer will allow you to read but not edit a workbook.
The viewer is freely downloadable from:

http://tinyurl.com/54tzl

Another possibility would be to download the freely available OpenOffice
suite which can read and write Excel workbooks. The download is > 60MB
(IIRC), but the suite can also be obtained on CD.
For OpenOffice go to:

http://www.openoffice.org/

A third possibility would be to purchase a cheap copy of an earlier XL
version - say XL2K - at Ebay.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Ron. That solved the problem. I'm a happy camper now.