Works spreadsheet vs. Excel 97

Question

I have several spreadsheets made with Excel 97 from MS Office from my old computer. Actually I guess they are more correctly "workbooks". Each is an .xls file consisting of a spreadsheet for each month plus a yearly summary sheet with formulas referencing each monthly sheet.

Now I have a new Dimension 4600 with MS Works Suite 2003. When I try to open a workbook, it lists each sheet separately and asks which one I want to open. Does the Excel version with MS Works just handle single spread sheet files? If so, do you have any suggestions for handling these, other than buying the expensive full Excel? Does anyone know if there are any freeware spreadsheets that might handle these?

eleanor246 · Answer

Excel is not a part of MS Works Suite. It is applicable to MS Office. I suppose you could say the spreadhseet in Works Suite is a stripped-down version of Excel. It does not include or support many of the features and options of Excel. You might try amazon.com and pay less for the Excel application.

JPA123 · Answer

Thanks for the info, Eleanor.  That's about what I had expected, but then I found on the MS Works site, they advertise ' Open and edit Excel spreadsheets so you can work on Office spreadsheets from work.'  I guess I was hoping I could take Microsoft literally on that, but I suppose it is correct for most cases.

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