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open a .xls file ?
Name: Qwerty Date: February 5, 2001 at 12:25:35 Pacific
Comment:
I'm told it will open in Microsoft Excel but I don't have that. How do I open an .xls file ?
Name: DC Date: February 5, 2001 at 12:40:16 Pacific
Reply:
Search the internet for Excel veiwer.
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Response Number 2
Name: JohnT Date: February 5, 2001 at 14:49:21 Pacific
Reply:
I agree with above, but once you have found the viewer and are able to view, if possible you will need to save the file as something else seeing you do not have excel. I strongly suggest you save it as a text file.
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Response Number 3
Name: Qwerty Date: February 5, 2001 at 16:23:44 Pacific
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Thanks DC and JohnT .....worked like a charm.I found the viewer at : http://www.microsoft.com/office/000/viewers.htm http://www.microsoft.com/office/000/viewers.htm#excel
This site continues to amaze me !
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Response Number 4
Name: john restano Date: February 6, 2001 at 00:31:24 Pacific
Summary: How do I open a .dbx file without it showing undecipherable characters? There is nothing in the "File Types" box that refers to this extension. And using Notepad and Wordpad just result in unreadable ...
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