Guest bug smasher Posted October 17, 2003 Share Posted October 17, 2003 dOES ONE NEED A SPECIAL PROGRAM TO OPEN AN XLS FILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JakeYYZ Posted October 17, 2003 Share Posted October 17, 2003 The file extension “XLS” denotes a file created in Microsoft Excel. If you don’t have Excel, you can open it in Word. However, it won’t be properly formatted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pager Posted October 17, 2003 Share Posted October 17, 2003 An .xls file is a Spreadsheet file saved/created by "Microsoft Excel" a component of Microsoft Office. Usually to 'open' xls files requires Excel. Having said that it is often possible to open some with Microsoft Works or Word and with Quattro Pro. Using other than Excel may cause you to lose some or all of the formatting information but the data may still be usable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest YUL ICE Posted October 17, 2003 Share Posted October 17, 2003 Pager and Jake are both right, this is a file type native to Microsoft Excel. You should be able to import at least part of the file into MS Word, and many other spreadsheet programs can translate the file type as well. For full editing access you really do need MS Excel itself, however if you just want to view the contents MS offers a free Excel viewer for download. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4EB83149-91DA-4110-8595-4A960D3E1C7C&displaylang=EN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest M. McRae Posted October 17, 2003 Share Posted October 17, 2003 Excel 97/2000 Viewer: Spreadsheet Files Microsoft Excel Viewer is a small, freely distributable program that lets users view and print Excel for Windows (versions 2.0 and greater) and Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh (versions 2.2a and greater) spreadsheet files. Quick Info File Name: xlViewer.exe Download Size: 3813 KB Date Published: 3/17/1999 Version: 2000 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4EB83149-91DA-4110-8595-4A960D3E1C7C&displaylang=en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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