On Fri, 5 Jun 2020 at 21:35:10, Pamela wrote:
My Excel 2003 (version 11) on WinXP has been playing up and I don't have the
installation CD to do a repair.

Is there an alternative I can install which will read .XLS spreadsheets?

I seem to recall various open office suites but I don't know which will
install on XP.

I think most of them would originally; the current versions may not, but
you should be able to find an earlier version that will, and those
earlier versions are still likely to be able to read .xls (perhaps not
..xlsx or .docx).

You may also find a 2003 Office CD somewhere (-:.
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