vicki shared this with us in microsoft.public.excel.newusers:


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??

Use OpenCalc which is a part of OpenOffice is a free(gratis) and
Free(libre) spreadsheet. It is combatible with Microsoft Excel.

Download it he
http://openoffice.org
I recommend the 2.0 beta (=version 1.9).

While we're recommending Free(libre) softwa
browser: Mozilla Firefox (replacement for Internet Explorer)
email&news: Mozilla Thunderbird (replacement for Outlook/Outlook
Express)
image manipulation: The Gimp (replacement for Photoshop, Paint Shop
Pro,...)
sound editing: Audacity

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Amedee Van Gasse