excel

[reimon]

Why is it that i cannot open an excel file in my windows
xp. ex. my co. sends me a spreadsheet in my windows xp. I
cannot open it. it is directing me to microsoft to
download excel. it seems i and the reciepient cannot open
a spreadsheet using my windows xp. what i do is copy it
to word then copy it to excel. why?

 

[Vasant Nanavati]

To open an Excel file, you need to have Excel installed on your system.
Windows by itself cannot open an Excel file.

 

[Dave Peterson]

If all you want to do is view (not update), then ms offers a free viewer:
http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/xlviewer.aspx

 

[Gord Dibben]

My take on this is slightly different......

OP states "I copy it to Word then copy it to Excel". I assume this means OP
has Word and Excel on computer.

Maybe try the re-register route?

Start>Run "excel.exe /unregserver"(no quotes and note the space before the /
mark).

Then re-register by Start>Run "excel.exe /regserver

You may have to enter your full path to excel.exe....in that case surround
with quotes as in..... "C:\mypath\to Excel\somewhere\excel.exe" /unregserver

Gord Dibben Excel MVP

 

[Vasant Nanavati]

Good point, Gord ... I obviously didn't read it as closely as I should have!

Regards,

Vasant.

 

[Dave Peterson]

Hey, that means I didn't read it as closely as I should have, too!

And that's never happened to me before <vvbg>.

 

[Gord Dibben]

Vasant/Dave

Sad part is, we may never know what "take" is close.

Gord Dibben Excel MVP