excel

[Carol]

I have windows xp and it has a spread sheet application,
but its not excel and can I purchase the excel software
or can do I need a upgrade software.

Also how can I, or is it possible download a spreadsheet
exercise prepared on excel to the spread sheet
application on xp.

Thanks,
Carol

[Rob Schneider]

Carol wrote:

> I have windows xp and it has a spread sheet application,
> but its not excel and can I purchase the excel software
> or can do I need a upgrade software.
>
> Also how can I, or is it possible download a spreadsheet
> exercise prepared on excel to the spread sheet
> application on xp.
>
> Thanks,
> Carol

You are completly free to go buy and install a copy of Microsoft Excel,
or Microsoft Office which includes Excel. You do not have to remove the
spreadsheet application that you say is already installed.

You don't say what spreadsheet application you have on your machine. XP
doesn't provide a spreadsheet application. If you have one, it was put
there by someone. Probably installed by the vendor from whom you
purchased it as part of their packaging. Read the Help for that
application and they will tell you how to read an Excel file.

[Malvern]

"Carol" > wrote in message
...
> I have windows xp and it has a spread sheet application,
> but its not excel and can I purchase the excel software
> or can do I need a upgrade software.
>
> Also how can I, or is it possible download a spreadsheet
> exercise prepared on excel to the spread sheet
> application on xp.
>
> Thanks,
> Carol

Windows xp does not have a spreadsheet. This is progably an appllicatrion
added by the computet manufacturer as part of its program "bundle". Look in
Program Files for anything looking like it may be, like Works, post its
name, and someone should know.

Malv

[Ken Blake]

In ,
Carol > typed:

> I have windows xp and it has a spread sheet application,
> but its not excel and can I purchase the excel software


Yes, of course you can.


> or can do I need a upgrade software.

> Also how can I, or is it possible download a spreadsheet
> exercise prepared on excel to the spread sheet
> application on xp.


There is no spreadsheet application that comes with Windows XP,
or with any other version of Windows. If you have one, it's
simply that the vendor you bought the computer from bundled it as
part of the package he sold you. It might be Quattro Pro, or
Microsoft Works, for example.

Depending on what it is, it may or may not be able to read an
Excel spreadsheet.

--
Ken Blake
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