No, but you can use open office which is free:

http://www.openoffice.org/

It will read and write Excel files.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"John Baker" wrote in message
...
Hi:

I have a spreadsheet which i need to have all the Associates in a company
use to report
time worked on projects. I find that there is no software standard for
associates, and
that not all of them have Excel installed (the basis for the spreadsheet).
Does anyone
know of an Excel compiler I could use to generate code that would emulate
Excel and (most
important) produce an output file that would appear TO Excel to be an
Excel file?

I know the real answer ( "no brainer") is to but Excel for all associates,
but the company
is not keen on that because of the cost.


Help appreciated

John Baker