Have you tried going to ebay and doing a search for excel?
For your home use xl97 (make sure it is xl 97 SR2) is good. But, for
compatibility get either xl2000 or office 2000 like you have at work.

"scott" wrote in message
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Hi folks. At work I am set up with windows xp and micro.
office 2000. The excel works great and I continue to
learn more and more.

I went to purchase excel for my home computer and the
salesman talked me into Microsoft works, which contained a
spreadsheet program "exactly the same" as Excel, but alot
cheaper. So I fell for it. Now I am realizing that I
can't protect cells, it only has one worksheet and isn't
capable of adding more sheets to a workbook, it can't
handle "complex" formulas, the list gets larger every time
I try to use it.

So now I need to buy the "real deal". I am finding there
are alot of choices. One is called "Microsoft office XP
standard for students and teachers". This is what they
have at Walmart. Is this the real program or is this
another "substitute"?
My computer at home uses windows 98. This software box
says that window 98 is OK. Thanks. Scott