Is excel available to download for free or must I purchase?

[Lost]

Where can I download excel..

 

[Michael]

Hi Lost
Usually from your local software retailer. Excel isn't available "Free".
However, you can download an Excel viewer to look at files but they can't be
edited
Do a Google for Excel viewer.
Alternatively, look at downloading Open Office, which is free and has a
spreadsheet component for Excel.
HTH
Michael Mitchelson

 

[RagDyer]

Here is a link to the MS Office free download site, where XL reader is
available.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/000/viewers.asp

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HTH,

RD
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[Amedee Van Gasse]

Lost shared this with us in microsoft.public.excel.newusers:

Where can I download excel..

What do *you* mean by "free":

* free as in free beer (gratis): no, but you can find relatively cheap
copies on Amazon.com. Take care not to buy an OEM version because those
are illegal to sell.
* Free as in Free speech (libre): no, Excel isn't, never was, and
probably will never be Free Software. If you are interested in a Free
(or Open) spreadsheet, try OpenCalc from OpenOffice:
http://openoffice.org. You can download it (80MB, free(gratis)) or
order installation disks (Free(libre) but not free(free)).