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  • victor2
    victor2 Posts: 8,104 Ambassador
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    Party_Animal wrote: »
    Many thanks. Downloaded Open Office and it's working fine. Also tried Excel Viewer. It opened the file but I couldn't see any means of saving it. No save or file button.
    Thanks again
    That's because it is only a viewer - as it says on the tin. ;)
    Good you've got your files opened anyway.

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  • spenderdave
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    And with OpenOffice you can save it as a .xls as well as the OpenOffice ODF formats.
  • Heedtheadvice
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    Victor2 wrote:
    Failing that there is a compatibility pack you can install. Details at:
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924074/en-gb

    I would support that answer for the following reasons:

    1. You already have a copy of Excel so there is no cost involved and it ensures (almost) full compatibility.

    2. Open Office is good and free but does have limitations such as if a spreadsheet has programming code within it to do special functions or programs that run on opening etc. i.e. automation. AFAIK these are not supported by OO.

    If you were starting from scratch it might well be different.....
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