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Thread ID: 21915 2002-07-07 06:37:00 Its Drafty Attached-Non Attached Spread sheet Grandad J (868) Press F1
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60474 2002-07-10 07:17:00 Actually you don't have to buy an overpriced program to read files that people send you. Even Microsoft provide free readers for their programs. But probably not for version 4 so it doesn't help the current problem. Heather P (163)
60475 2002-07-12 00:43:00 To the Wise Ones

It is Microsoft Works 4 that came with the computer as A Microsoft works Suite when I purchased it

Thanks all for your interest and advice

Grandad W/J :D :D
grandad w (510)
60476 2002-07-12 01:09:00 Microsoft works v 4 files may not be easily read by others and its unlikely any businesses will have Works installed as they will usually have Office.

Even the latest version of Excel will only allow saving as version 2 of Works, unsure what it will actually read.

You can never assume that others are running your versions of software, apart from the "international assumption" that everyone can read version 6/97 of word for which a free viewer (as above) is available.
godfather (25)
60477 2002-07-12 01:13:00 Ahhhh..

OK, write to the Trustee company asking if they can open it. I don't know when Works 4 came out but if they are using say, Microsoft Excel, and a version that came out AFTER Works 4 then they may need to install convertors off the Office disk.

Excel 2000 will open Works 4, don't know about earlier versions.

Failing that, open your spreadsheet and save it in a different format. Excel will read csv, htm and html.

Heather
Heather P (163)
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