Opening and Excel spreadsheet in IE

[Rick Quinn]

I have a user who is trying to open a spreadsheet in IE. She clicks on the
link and it comes up with a "page cannot be displayed error". I am able to
open the spreadsheet just fine. The user is able to save the spreadsheet to
her desktop and open it that way and also, if she already has Excel open,
she can open the file without a problem.

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

 

[Dave Peterson]

I like to open excel workbooks in excel--not under MSIE.

How to Configure Internet Explorer to Open Office
Documents in the Appropriate Office Program Instead of in Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=162059

 

[z]

Outstanding advice.

If you have to have a wrench, but all I can offer you is a hammer, then I
would expect you to find some way of using the hammer to loosen the bolt and
forget about your silly ideas of using a wrench.

 

[Dave Peterson]

Sarcasm?

Or do you have a real suggestion for the OP?

Just curious.

 

[Debra Dalgleish]

How did you decide that the OP requires a wrench?

Usually, a poster requires a solution, which Dave provided.

Outstanding advice.

If you have to have a wrench, but all I can offer you is a hammer, then I
would expect you to find some way of using the hammer to loosen the bolt and
forget about your silly ideas of using a wrench.