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[excel novice]

i got a 500 mhz pent.3 gateway with windows 98 second edition and explorer 6.0. found an old version of excel for microsoft windows version 4.0. will i be able to load it okay and how is it compared to "excel 97"???? i will use it for basic entries etc.

 

[Niek Otten]

It will probably work. I'm afraid that's all the positive news there is.

Excel5 was the first "modern" spreadsheet, with multiple sheets within a
book, a procedural Macro language (not all users consider this an
improvement, but it has become a standard), although it still is a 16-bit
version. But that's just technique.
More important: you will find it very hard to get any question in these
newsgroups answered. Most of the experts started with Excel97, some with
Excel5. Of course there are a few that used earlier versions, but will they
still recall enough details to answer your questions?

Try to make a start with Excel 2000 or so.

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Kind Regards,

Niek Otten

Microsoft MVP - Excel

i got a 500 mhz pent.3 gateway with windows 98 second edition and

explorer 6.0. found an old version of excel for microsoft windows version
4.0. will i be able to load it okay and how is it compared to "excel 97"????
i will use it for basic entries etc.

 

[EXCEL NOVICE]

THANKS,NIEK. I SAW IT AT A USED SOFTWARE STORE FOR $10 BUT I'M GOING TO TAKE YOUR ADVICE AND START WITH SOMETHING MORE RECENT.

 

[Harlan Grove]

Excel5 was the first "modern" spreadsheet, with multiple sheets within a
book, a procedural Macro language (not all users consider this an
improvement, but it has become a standard), . . .

....

Define 'modern' spreadsheet. Lotus 123 had had multidimensional spreadsheets
for about 4 years by the time XL5 came out. Other 3D spreadsheets that
predated XL5 included VP-Planner version 3 and BoeingCalc. I don't recall
whether Quattro Pro 4 had multiple sheets within a spreadsheet file, but QP4
was out before XL5. As for the procedural macro language, prior to the VBE
in Excel 97, it wasn't a pleasant experience to use VBA.

 

[Niek Otten]

Hi Harlan,

It would indeed have been more correct to call it the first "modern" version
of Excel.
I will certainly not try to define "modern".

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Kind Regards,

Niek Otten

Microsoft MVP - Excel