Maybe a free viewer (look, but no changes):

The free viewer from Microsoft:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/of...347961033.aspx

Or maybe a free spreadsheet program would work for you:
http://www.openoffice.org, a 60-65 meg download or a CD



vicki wrote:

ive recently bought a laptop with windows xp but i do not hav excel, i
cannot afford to buy a microsoft office installation pack. any ideas on
what else i can do??

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vicki

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Dave Peterson