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I received my Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop over two years ago and installed Windows XP then. I have never had Excel. I would like to have it. Is Excel no longer a component of Windows? Do I have to reinstall the entire operating system? I have five Microsoft Works Suite disks. |
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excel is an office product that is sold alone or in a bundle as MSOffice. the spreadsheet module in Works is not a standalone spreadsheet.... Since both are products of MS, they can exchange data, but Excel and Works are seperate product lines. "Alice Gardiner" <alicegardiner@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1158790624.986309.162820@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... >I received my Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop over two years ago and > installed Windows XP then. I have never had Excel. I would like to have > it. Is Excel no longer a component of Windows? > > Do I have to reinstall the entire operating system? I have five > Microsoft Works Suite disks. > |
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"Alice Gardiner"wrote >I received my Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop over two years ago and > installed Windows XP then. I have never had Excel. I would like to have > it. Is Excel no longer a component of Windows? > > Do I have to reinstall the entire operating system? I have five > Microsoft Works Suite disks. Neither Excel or any Office application ever was a component of Windows or came with the OS. Some vendors bundle and Office suite, but it's not part of the OS. You'll have to purchase it either separately or in an Office Suite. -- Rock [MVP Windows Shell/User] |
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Alice Gardiner wrote: > I received my Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop over two years ago and > installed Windows XP then. I have never had Excel. I would like to have > it. Is Excel no longer a component of Windows? > > Do I have to reinstall the entire operating system? I have five > Microsoft Works Suite disks. > Neither the Microsoft Office application suite, nor any of its individual component applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, etc.), have _ever_ been "part" of *any* Windows operating system. They are, and always have been, separate applications, that must be purchased and installed separately. 1) Go to store/shop that sells computer software. 2) Purchase Excel, or the Microsoft Office productivity suite. 3) Return home. 4) Insert installation CD in PC's CD drive and follow the on-screen prompts and instructions to install application and desired additional features. For the budget-minded (who also don't need all of Excel's specific features), there's the free, open source OpenOffice: http://www.openoffice.org/ -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell |
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Alice Gardiner wrote: > I received my Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop over two years ago and > installed Windows XP then. I have never had Excel. I would like to > have it. Is Excel no longer a component of Windows? It never was. Neither Windows XP, nor any other version of Windows, has ever included Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, or any other significant application software. Such programs have to be bought, either by themselves or as part of Microsoft Office. If your previous computer, running an older version of Windows, came with Excel, it was because the vendor who sold it bundled it as part of the package he sold you, not because that version of Windows came with it. Some, but not all, vendors do the same with Windows XP. However, if all you want to do is view existing Excel spreadsheets, rather than create them yourself, you don't need a copy of Excel. You can download a free Excel viewer at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C8378BF4-996C-4569-B547-75EDBD03AAF0&displaylang=en or http://tinyurl.com/6tss3 -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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