which one to download!

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granny@it

I need to download an excel program just for spreadsheet
purposes and I am not sure which one to download, and
which site to get it from.I have microsoft works & windows
XP home version. I noticed some "add-ins". Are these safe.
All I need this for is to do updates from someone elses
disc.
Thank you
 
You cannot "download" excel. And, it is not part of works. Works is a puny
version of excel that does almost nothing. Have a look at ebay to purchase.
For your purposes xl97 sr2 should be sufficient. For a little more, you may
be able to get the entire office 97 suite. You may get an excel viewer free
from microsoft web site but it will not allow you to make any updates to
someone's program. You may only view it. BTW, never work from a floppy. Copy
the file to the HD and work from there and then save and copy back to the
floppy.
 
AFAIK, you cannot download Excel. You have to buy it. Check your local software store or check
one of the on-line vendors like PC Connection.

You can download an Excel viewer from the MS web site, but it does not allow you to make changes
to the worksheets.
 
You might also want to consider a free program such as OpenOffice which will probably be
compatible with Excel, for whatever you are likely to be doing.

www.openoffice.org a 60MB download though
 
Thanks for all your advice. I think I will go out and buy
Office XP 2003 as I noticed that it has Excel included in
it. And this is the best way to go. I wouldn't want to
mess up all the information that is on this person disc.
Thanks again, Gail
 
Do you by any chance have children in full time education?? If so then check out the Student &
Teacher licensing options, which are MUCH cheaper. Post back if applicable and you need details.
 
Office 2003 waas released yesterday,as far as Excel goes its not worth
the update.(they did finally work on their statistical functions
though)However,as long as you're starting from scratch, you must as well
get the latest version.
 
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