Keeping Track of househod accounts..

keighley_jo08

Dont know if im in the right bit or not... but ...

I use to keep track of my household accounts, eg: service charge, council tax, water accounts etc on excel. but then I got a new computer that didnt have excel, now im back to pen and paper and im finding its taking alot of time keeping track.

I only have Microsoft works spreadsheet and cant find a template like i used with excel, It was basically an account statement... date, description, credit, debit, outstanding....

Does anyone have one or know how to make one on spreadsheet, as i am finding it VERY hard.


Thanks

Sportbilly_2

There are loads of templates available on line from Microsoft at the link below. If they won't import into Works, then you might be able to use them with Open Office.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/FX102637491033.aspx

keighley_jo08

have found the one I use to use - but am unable to download it as I do not have excel installed - am now downloading excel pro (60day trail) but I do not have Open office either -

posted_2

install openoffice, it's free, and compatible with excel

keighley_jo08

Does Open office have excel on it?

Richard019

I'm surprised, don't you have an Office CD from when you had it on the old computer?

keighley_jo08

Both computers (old & present) are second hand and we never got the back up disk - My partner has just got a new laptop with vista on it but that does not have excel on it either (so he says)

posted_2

It has calc, which is a spreadsheet that can read and work with Excel xls files.

keighley_jo08

sorry but im not clued up (lol as you may be able to tell)...

So even tho I do not have excel on my comp i will still be able to download the template im after and use it?

posted_2

It is like office but free, compatible with office data files (eg your old excel spreadsheet, assuming you still have it?).

http://www.openoffice.org/

Try it

If you are trying to download one from Microsoft, and are failing validation, there are plenty of alternatives out there, or you could ask someone else to get it.

Alternatively, for a simple spreadsheet, you could use works

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=works+budgeting+spreadsheet&btnG=Search&meta=