"vicki" <vicki.1rq2m0@news.excelbanter.com> wrote in message
news:vicki.1rq2m0@news.excelbanter.com...
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> ive recently bought a laptop with windows xp but i do not hav excel, i
> cannot afford to buy a microsoft office installation pack. any ideas on
> what else i can do??
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> vicki

Open Office 2 (1.9 Beta) will do everything the normal user of Excel needs,
is free, and will edit and save in Excel format.