How do I get an Excel Application. I need Excel for documents and such but I
only have Powerpoint Excel Viewer? I don't have tons of money could some one
please help me. I have Microsoft Office XP, I think. I bought my Dell
Dimension E510 in June of 2006 and it doesnt have Excel I have to have it for
my job. I didnt know. I talked to Dell online and they stated I need some
sort of Application for Excel I am lost. Please Help. GOD SPEED!!!

You get Excel by buying it.

You may find an older version of the MS Office Suite on Ebay for a good price.

Be careful if you go that route.

Make sure all documentation and disks are provided.

If all you need is a spreadsheet program compatible with Excel you could
download OpenOffice for free.

http://www.openoffice.org/

Big download.........100+mb


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Sat, 3 Nov 2007 19:59:01 -0700, Jimmi79
wrote:

How do I get an Excel Application. I need Excel for documents and such but I
only have Powerpoint Excel Viewer? I don't have tons of money could some one
please help me. I have Microsoft Office XP, I think. I bought my Dell
Dimension E510 in June of 2006 and it doesnt have Excel I have to have it for
my job. I didnt know. I talked to Dell online and they stated I need some
sort of Application for Excel I am lost. Please Help. GOD SPEED!!!

Open Office encludes a free spreadsheet, but if the OP needs to modify
worksheets that were developed in Excel or will subsequently be used in
Excel, he may get better formula compatibility with Excel from Gnumeric
http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/
or Spread32
http://www.byedesign.freeserve.co.uk/
Full graphics compatibility is unlikely from any alternative to Excel.

Jerry

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

You get Excel by buying it.

You may find an older version of the MS Office Suite on Ebay for a good price.

Be careful if you go that route.

Make sure all documentation and disks are provided.

If all you need is a spreadsheet program compatible with Excel you could
download OpenOffice for free.

http://www.openoffice.org/

Big download.........100+mb


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Sat, 3 Nov 2007 19:59:01 -0700, Jimmi79
wrote:

How do I get an Excel Application. I need Excel for documents and such but I
only have Powerpoint Excel Viewer? I don't have tons of money could some one
please help me. I have Microsoft Office XP, I think. I bought my Dell
Dimension E510 in June of 2006 and it doesnt have Excel I have to have it for
my job. I didnt know. I talked to Dell online and they stated I need some
sort of Application for Excel I am lost. Please Help. GOD SPEED!!!

Interesting, Stephen used to post in these newsgroups some years ago


--

Regards,

Peo Sjoblom




"Jerry W. Lewis" wrote in message
...
Open Office encludes a free spreadsheet, but if the OP needs to modify
worksheets that were developed in Excel or will subsequently be used in
Excel, he may get better formula compatibility with Excel from Gnumeric
http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/
or Spread32
http://www.byedesign.freeserve.co.uk/
Full graphics compatibility is unlikely from any alternative to Excel.

Jerry

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

You get Excel by buying it.

You may find an older version of the MS Office Suite on Ebay for a good
price.

Be careful if you go that route.

Make sure all documentation and disks are provided.

If all you need is a spreadsheet program compatible with Excel you could
download OpenOffice for free.

http://www.openoffice.org/

Big download.........100+mb


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Sat, 3 Nov 2007 19:59:01 -0700, Jimmi79

wrote:

How do I get an Excel Application. I need Excel for documents and such
but I
only have Powerpoint Excel Viewer? I don't have tons of money could
some one
please help me. I have Microsoft Office XP, I think. I bought my Dell
Dimension E510 in June of 2006 and it doesnt have Excel I have to have
it for
my job. I didnt know. I talked to Dell online and they stated I need
some
sort of Application for Excel I am lost. Please Help. GOD SPEED!!!

Who is Stephen?

"Peo Sjoblom" wrote:

Interesting, Stephen used to post in these newsgroups some years ago


--

Regards,

Peo Sjoblom




"Jerry W. Lewis" wrote in message
...
Open Office encludes a free spreadsheet, but if the OP needs to modify
worksheets that were developed in Excel or will subsequently be used in
Excel, he may get better formula compatibility with Excel from Gnumeric
http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/
or Spread32
http://www.byedesign.freeserve.co.uk/
Full graphics compatibility is unlikely from any alternative to Excel.

Jerry

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

You get Excel by buying it.

You may find an older version of the MS Office Suite on Ebay for a good
price.

Be careful if you go that route.

Make sure all documentation and disks are provided.

If all you need is a spreadsheet program compatible with Excel you could
download OpenOffice for free.

http://www.openoffice.org/

Big download.........100+mb


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Sat, 3 Nov 2007 19:59:01 -0700, Jimmi79

wrote:

How do I get an Excel Application. I need Excel for documents and such
but I
only have Powerpoint Excel Viewer? I don't have tons of money could
some one
please help me. I have Microsoft Office XP, I think. I bought my Dell
Dimension E510 in June of 2006 and it doesnt have Excel I have to have
it for
my job. I didnt know. I talked to Dell online and they stated I need
some
sort of Application for Excel I am lost. Please Help. GOD SPEED!!!

Stephen Bye is the author of Spread32, one of the Excel "clones" that I cited.

The rest of your replies seem to be aimed at how compatible these clones are
for updating files that are shared with users of MS Excel. If the workbooks
just contain data an formulas, then either Gnumeric or Spread32 will likely
be adequate, although possibly less friendly in aspects of their user
interface.

Graphics may be another story. I have very little experience with Gnumeric,
but the graphics on Spread32 are much more rudimentary than those in MS
Excel. If the graphs are pre-created in MS Excel and you are just
adding/changing data/formulas, Spread32 or Gnumeric may not harm the graphs
-- try it and see.

As for buying an older version of Excel, the file format is identical for
Excel versions 97 through 2003. Memory management improved over the
versions, and XP (2002) and later are much better for crash recovery, but if
you are not doing anything terribly challenging, then you are not likely to
notice much difference unless the workbooks include macros.

If macros require newer VBA features introduced in 2000 or XP, then that
would define a minimum version requirement. Note that macros are another
area where "clones" will not provide adequate compatibility.

Excel 2007 is a different story -- it uses new file structures etc. If the
people you are exchanging with use 2007, then you may need it, unless they
intentionally save in the older format for exchange purposes. Similarly, if
they don't have 2007, then exchanging with them would require more work on
your part if you buy Excel 2007.

Jerry

"Jimmi79" wrote:

Who is Stephen?

"Peo Sjoblom" wrote:

Interesting, Stephen used to post in these newsgroups some years ago


--

Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

I need to modify and send back in .xls formula. I can open these in my
Powerpoint Excel Viewer but I am unable to edit or modify! Where is the best
place I can buy it without worring about any problems with the information I
receive? I can use an old version, 200, 2002, 2003, 2004, What year would be
the better deal. Again, This is for my work?

"Jerry W. Lewis" wrote:

Open Office encludes a free spreadsheet, but if the OP needs to modify
worksheets that were developed in Excel or will subsequently be used in
Excel, he may get better formula compatibility with Excel from Gnumeric
http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/
or Spread32
http://www.byedesign.freeserve.co.uk/
Full graphics compatibility is unlikely from any alternative to Excel.

Jerry

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

You get Excel by buying it.

You may find an older version of the MS Office Suite on Ebay for a good price.

Be careful if you go that route.

Make sure all documentation and disks are provided.

If all you need is a spreadsheet program compatible with Excel you could
download OpenOffice for free.

http://www.openoffice.org/

Big download.........100+mb


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Sat, 3 Nov 2007 19:59:01 -0700, Jimmi79
wrote:

How do I get an Excel Application. I need Excel for documents and such but I
only have Powerpoint Excel Viewer? I don't have tons of money could some one
please help me. I have Microsoft Office XP, I think. I bought my Dell
Dimension E510 in June of 2006 and it doesnt have Excel I have to have it for
my job. I didnt know. I talked to Dell online and they stated I need some
sort of Application for Excel I am lost. Please Help. GOD SPEED!!!

I am daft in this subject. Do I need to just buy an excel program. I have
Microsoft Office with Powerpoint Excel Viewer, but I have to make changes and
modify information and send it back in .xls format. I am sorry but this
confused me. Since my computer was a newer one I wasn't sure why I needed to
buy it in the first place. Where would be a good place to buy? I would
rather get on that is free of any problems!

Thank You
Jimmi79

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

You get Excel by buying it.

You may find an older version of the MS Office Suite on Ebay for a good price.

Be careful if you go that route.

Make sure all documentation and disks are provided.

If all you need is a spreadsheet program compatible with Excel you could
download OpenOffice for free.

http://www.openoffice.org/

Big download.........100+mb


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Sat, 3 Nov 2007 19:59:01 -0700, Jimmi79
wrote:

How do I get an Excel Application. I need Excel for documents and such but I
only have Powerpoint Excel Viewer? I don't have tons of money could some one
please help me. I have Microsoft Office XP, I think. I bought my Dell
Dimension E510 in June of 2006 and it doesnt have Excel I have to have it for
my job. I didnt know. I talked to Dell online and they stated I need some
sort of Application for Excel I am lost. Please Help. GOD SPEED!!!

Do you really have Microsoft Office?

If you have, Excel should be included with it.

There is no such application as Powerpoint Excel Viewer.

There is Powerpoint Viewer and Excel Viewer, neither of which allow for changes
to be saved.

Your computer being new does not necessarily mean you would have Excel
installed. That would depend upon what your dealer included as software.
Office or Excel is not part of Windows OS.

You can buy Excel standalone but the entire Office Suite is not much more
expensive.

If you can't find something on Ebay, be prepared to spend a few hundred bucks.

See Jerry's reply also for an alternative.


Gord

On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 05:35:01 -0800, Jimmi79
wrote:

I am daft in this subject. Do I need to just buy an excel program. I have
Microsoft Office with Powerpoint Excel Viewer, but I have to make changes and
modify information and send it back in .xls format. I am sorry but this
confused me. Since my computer was a newer one I wasn't sure why I needed to
buy it in the first place. Where would be a good place to buy? I would
rather get on that is free of any problems!

Thank You
Jimmi79

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

You get Excel by buying it.

You may find an older version of the MS Office Suite on Ebay for a good price.

Be careful if you go that route.

Make sure all documentation and disks are provided.

If all you need is a spreadsheet program compatible with Excel you could
download OpenOffice for free.

http://www.openoffice.org/

Big download.........100+mb


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Sat, 3 Nov 2007 19:59:01 -0700, Jimmi79
wrote:

How do I get an Excel Application. I need Excel for documents and such but I
only have Powerpoint Excel Viewer? I don't have tons of money could some one
please help me. I have Microsoft Office XP, I think. I bought my Dell
Dimension E510 in June of 2006 and it doesnt have Excel I have to have it for
my job. I didnt know. I talked to Dell online and they stated I need some
sort of Application for Excel I am lost. Please Help. GOD SPEED!!!

You need to purchase either Excel stand-alone or Office. Office is a "suite"
of applications that includes at a minimum Excel, Word, and Outlook. There
are various configurations of Office (Student, Standard, Professional,
Premium, Ultimate etc) that include other applications like PowerPoint,
Access, Groove, and others. The MSRP pricing is such that if you are going
to buy two products as stand-alone versions (e.g., Word and Excel) it is
usually cheaper to buy one of the Office configurations.

The current version of Excel/Office is 2007 or version 12. You may not need
this. On EBay or other sites, you may be able to purchase an earlier version
such as 2000 (version 9), 2002 (aka XP, version 10), or 2003 (version 11).
If you do buy a used copy of Office, which is perfectly legal, make sure you
get all the disks, the documentation, the certificate of authenticity, and
the product key. EBay is rife with illegal copies, bootlegs, and knock-offs
of legitimate copies of Office. Buyer beware. If you are buying used
software, I would suggest version 2003 as the best choice and 2000 as the
bare minimum.

In addition to auction sites, you might want to search for "surplus
software" sites. These are companies that purchase unused copies and
licenses that were originally purchased by large companies. For example,
General Motors might buy 10,000 copies of Office and find they need only
8,000, so 2,000 are sold off to surplus dealers. Again, be sure you are
getting a legitimate and legal copy of Office. These companies, being
established firms, are more likely to provide legitimate software than some
anonymous guy with a CD burner selling disks on EBay.


--
Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel, 10 Years
Pearson Software Consulting
www.cpearson.com
(email on the web site)



"Jimmi79" wrote in message
...
How do I get an Excel Application. I need Excel for documents and such but
I
only have Powerpoint Excel Viewer? I don't have tons of money could some
one
please help me. I have Microsoft Office XP, I think. I bought my Dell
Dimension E510 in June of 2006 and it doesnt have Excel I have to have it
for
my job. I didnt know. I talked to Dell online and they stated I need some
sort of Application for Excel I am lost. Please Help. GOD SPEED!!!