Your son is correct. You can download OOo from the following link : http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.4/index.html
OOo is completely free (apart from download costs you may incurr) and can be installed on as many computers as you like. Have fun... /paul On 6/7/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: G. H. Kahl, Am Strenzleweg 13, D-79219-Staufen, Germany > > June 6, 2005 > > Gentlemen, > > Copied for your info below is recent correspondence between my web designer > son, Alex Kahl in California, and myself, which is self-explanatory (if you > understand German). I had asked him for some advice on how to quickly obtain > downloadable shareware or freeware to help me to open/read socalled > "xls-files" attached to the many emails I receive daily. To which re replied > as shown > under A) below. > > May I therefore kindly ask you to help me out by sending/emailing me > Microsoft EXCEL, compatible with my Dell laptop 2003 on which I have > Microsoft Windows' XP Home Edition, Version 2002, Service Pack 2 installed. > > Thanks a lot for your help in advance!! Best regards. > > Sincerely, Gerhard H. Kahl > > > A) you can try using open office 1.1 (freeware). Try downloading it at > www.openoffice.org. Otherwise you can ask those guys to send you the .xls > file (Microsoft EXCEL) in an older format (not XP or EXCEL 2003, use EXCEL 95 > - 2000 format) , which your software may be able to read. > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Oefnen von XLS-Dateien > >Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 06:54:42 EDT > > > >Lieber Ali & Matti, > > > >ich habe da wiedermal ein kleines Problem: > >Ich kriege oefters von ADB, AFE, und Freunden, sog. "xls-files" oder an > >email angehaengte Dateien geschickt, die ich mit de auf meinem laptop > >z.Zt.befindlichen software leider nie bzw. lesbar oeffnen kann! > >Wisst Ihr da irgendeine Abhilfe/Moeglichkeit, ausser durch den teuren Kauf > >der entspr. Software, mir irgendeine free-oder shareware zu besorgen bzw. > >runterzuladen? Pls advise me asap. > > Love, Paps > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
