From: G. H. Kahl, Am Strenzleweg 13, D-79219-Staufen, Germany June 6, 2005 Gentlemen, Copied for your info below is recent correspondence between my web designer son, Alex Kahl in California, and myself, which is self-explanatory (if you understand German). I had asked him for some advice on how to quickly obtain downloadable shareware or freeware to help me to open/read socalled "xls-files" attached to the many emails I receive daily. To which re replied as shown under A) below. May I therefore kindly ask you to help me out by sending/emailing me Microsoft EXCEL, compatible with my Dell laptop 2003 on which I have Microsoft Windows' XP Home Edition, Version 2002, Service Pack 2 installed. Thanks a lot for your help in advance!! Best regards. Sincerely, Gerhard H. Kahl
A) you can try using open office 1.1 (freeware). Try downloading it at www.openoffice.org. Otherwise you can ask those guys to send you the .xls file (Microsoft EXCEL) in an older format (not XP or EXCEL 2003, use EXCEL 95 - 2000 format) , which your software may be able to read. >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Oefnen von XLS-Dateien >Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 06:54:42 EDT > >Lieber Ali & Matti, > >ich habe da wiedermal ein kleines Problem: >Ich kriege oefters von ADB, AFE, und Freunden, sog. "xls-files" oder an >email angehaengte Dateien geschickt, die ich mit de auf meinem laptop >z.Zt.befindlichen software leider nie bzw. lesbar oeffnen kann! >Wisst Ihr da irgendeine Abhilfe/Moeglichkeit, ausser durch den teuren Kauf >der entspr. Software, mir irgendeine free-oder shareware zu besorgen bzw. >runterzuladen? Pls advise me asap. > Love, Paps
