You must *own* a copy of XL in order to use (work on) the spreadsheet.
To just read and/or print, you can download a *free* XL reader (viewer) from
this MS Office site:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/000/viewers.asp

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HTH,

RD
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"MEGTOM" wrote in message
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i WAS GIVEN A DISK WITH A SPREEDSHEET THAT i NEED TO GET INTO MY COMPUTER.
THE COMPUTER POPED UP WITH THE FOLLOWING INFO.
EXCEL SPREADSHEET FILE
FILE EXTENTION;XLS
DESCRIPTION; IST A SPREADSHEESOTFWARE AVAILABLE AT;MICROSOFT EXCEL

HOW CAN I TRANSFER THIS DISK INTO MY COMPUTER.I HAVE A DELL WITH MICROSOFT
WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION.

THANKS

MEGTOM