On Fri, 05 Jun 2020 21:35:10 +0100, 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.


Apache OpenOffice says that it runs on XP.
https://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_aoo41.html


An older version of LibreOffice ran on XP, but apparently the latest
version does not.
https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/195699/why-libreoffice-suggest-to-upgrade-to-615-on-windows-xp/
https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/184576/why-is-it-that-libreoffice-no-longer-supports-windows-xp-or-windows-vista/



Disclaimer: I have never tried to run either of these office suites on XP.


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Kind regards
Ralph