Excel on MS worksuite2002 vs Microsoft Office Standard2003

[Frank L]

I would like to copy a file/files on the internet to
Notepad. This I can do and it is readable. My question
is, I would like to move this info from notepad into some
kind of an Excel package. My first thought was Import
but I don't think that Excel on MS worksuite2002 can do
this. Can it? Someone told me that I had to go to
Microsoft Office Standard2003 to accompolish this. I
went out and purched Microsoft Office Standard2003 but I
have not opened it. Before I do I want to make sure that
this info is true and I did not waste my money.

Thanks for your help.

 

[Lady Layla]

There is no Excel in MS Works, there is a spreadsheet, that depending on what
you need it to do may be just fine for you

: I would like to copy a file/files on the internet to
: Notepad. This I can do and it is readable. My question
: is, I would like to move this info from notepad into some
: kind of an Excel package. My first thought was Import
: but I don't think that Excel on MS worksuite2002 can do
: this. Can it? Someone told me that I had to go to
: Microsoft Office Standard2003 to accompolish this. I
: went out and purched Microsoft Office Standard2003 but I
: have not opened it. Before I do I want to make sure that
: this info is true and I did not waste my money.
:
: Thanks for your help.

 

[Gord Dibben]

Frank

Works Suite has a Spreadsheet module, but it is not "Excel".

I don't use Works but I would believe the Spreadsheet module should allow you
to import text from notepad.

Office 2003 certainly will do what you require.

Gord Dibben Excel MVP

 

[Ken Wright]

And if it doesn't, then the spreadsheet in the free OpenOffice from
www.openoffice.org probably will, BUT, if you need to be able to share those
files with others using Excel, then purchasing Excel may well be the best way to
go.

 

[Harald Staff]

You probably didn't waste your money, Excel is a very powerful tool that can do almost
anything if you treat her right (emphasis almost). But if you paid for it just for this
task it's hard to say. What kind of file is it ? Do you have an address to the webpage you
want to import so we can view it ? What do you want as a result of this import operation ?