Hi

MS Works is a 'light' version of Office, containing a 'light' version of
Excel and a 'light' version of Word. You cannot open Excel or Word files
with Works. You'll have to get the files saved as .csv or .txt or a Works
file to be able to open them with Works.

Andy.

"peterk4" wrote in message
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i have just got a new comp with the new microsoft woeks on it, word doc if
differant, and a few other things but an excel doc was sent to me an it
will
not open it ????????