TSGL: Opening Excel Files with No Association in Vista

[H Davis]

I think when you open an xls type file in Works you might have to save 
it as an xlr to accurately save any changes.

H Davis

Joe Titone wrote:
> At 01:32 PM 2/5/2008, Mike Ferrell <ferrellm at charter.net>  wrote:
>   
>> My new PC has Windows Home Premium with Microsoft Works spreadsheet 
>> but no Excel.  I received an email from my fishing club with an 
>> Excel spreadsheet.  When I try to open the spreadsheet I get the 
>> following message:
>> "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing 
>> this action.  Create an association in the Set Associations control panel."
>> When I finally located this Set Associations control panel it does 
>> not have a .xls option.  Is there a way for me to open Excel spreadsheets?
>>     
>
> 1.  You didn't say which version of Works you have, but most versions 
> that I've seen allow you to use its spreadsheet to open Office .xls 
> files.  First open the Works spreadsheet and use it to open the .xls 
> file.  The viewer is also an excellent suggestion, but using it only 
> allows you to look at the spreadsheet and print it, but not make changes.
>
> 2.  You should be able to make a file association through My Computer 
> (Windows Explorer).
>
> View  >>  Folder Options  >>  File Types  >>  New  (this is the path 
> for Win XP, I don't have Vista available)
>
> Joe Titone
> tertia at earthlink.net 
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