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Perhaps the easiest way round this is to see if something similar could be produced in the Works Spreadsheet and let those who have Works rather than Office download that instead? Cheers, Horatia

I have found the Windows versions of Works to be incompatible with Excel. Works version 2 (DOS version) will open in Excel, but Works 3 and 4 won't. Very annoying!

Excel: In order to see the Spreadsheet you need Microsoft Office installed. Microsoft Office consists of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook (not Outlook Express). It sometimes also has Publisher and Access. It depends which version of Office you have; but the more you spend the more you get. For anyone who has downloaded the free viewer, I can't see how this will be much good, since it will only allow you to view the spreadsheet, you won't be able to alter it or edit it in any way. Microsoft Office is an expensive piece of kit so unless you can get the Microsoft Works spreadsheet to open the attachment you are knackered! If I make a spreadsheet in Works I can convert it to an Excel Spreadsheet; but I don't know if it works the other way round. Basically, Works and Office although made by Microsoft, are two entirely different pieces of kit. Works is basically the Poor Man's version of Microsoft Office. Cheers, Horatia PS I am going to try and open the Excel Spreadsheet with Works. I've decided not to do this in case I muck my settings up!

Jill if you would like me to send you Pauls e-mail, mine does have an attachment just contact me with your e-mail address ok. I will send it a.s.a.p.

SORRY EVERYONE IF THERE IS A DELAY IN MY REPLYING TO YOUR MESSAGES. I AM ALSO RECEIVING E-MAIL VIA GENES REUNITED TO MY OWN MESSAGES SECTION AND HAVE TO REPLY TO THEM TOO.

Peter did you receive the e-mail and attachment spreadsheet i sent ? let me know if you could open it ok!

Hi Folks I'd love to work this out tonight but I'm cream crackered! Will look at the boards tomorrow to see if there's anything helpful. PAUL YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE STARTED!!! lol. Jill

Well Peter I did get an attachment with the e-mails and this is the problem it wont open to Excel. It won't download.

Peter - butting in here in your conversation with Betty. Paul's spreadsheet was supposed to be as an attachment but there was no little 'thingy' to say there was an attachment! At that time I hadn't Excel 2003 - and now I have I don't know what to do with the d**n thing! Jill

Hi Peter a lot of people are in the same boat. We all wanted the Spreadsheet. From the start ok. I received e-mail with Spreadsheet as attachment, prior to this I dowloaded Microsoft Excel 2003 from free download page of Mircrosoft.. It stated download completed, I then tried to download spreadsheet but each time I tried a message came up saying disk required and wouldn't dowload excel at all. Several people in same boat. Why has this happened, please don't be to technical here or we won't understand ok. Sorry forgot to add I opened the Excel and I do have a viewer.

Hi Peter I have Excel 2003 but when I open it comes up Excel 2003 quickly followed by My documents. It then says' file name' ????? Files of type M'Soft Office Excel files. I'm afraid I don't understand and I would love Paul's spreadsheet. Can you advise please? Jill

Hi olde Crone I downloaded Microsoft excel 2003 to enable me to get this spreadsheet, somehow when I received spreadsheet it wont dowload.

Complicated story, but I lost Microsoft Excel on my computer. Someone has just given me a disk to re-install it, but this needs a password /user number(which I have) - I am just wondering if its maybe something to do with you not having a Registered User number? Olde Crone

Can anyone help, I received the recent Excel Spreadsheet but it wouldn't download, I have Excel 2003 and it was Office 2000, asked Paul but he didn't know why it wouldn't download. It kept asking me to insert a disk. Can anyone help with this, have been in touch with others who are also having download problems. Will I have to dowload Office 2000 or what. HELP!!!!!!