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JTH · 10-26-2004, 05:24 PM

Many people don't have any of the Microsoft Office suites and this can be a big problem when trying to open Excel and Powerpoint files that are either online or that are e-mailed to you by a lucky friend that has these programs. Microsoft offer excellent free Excel and Powerpoint readers that open files from all versions of these programs. I have found to be invaluable:

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...S/xlViewer.exe
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...6/ppviewer.exe

Here's a question though. I have recently switched from IE6 to Mozilla Firefox and I like it a lot. Is it worth changing Outlook 6 as well (which I don't particularly have a problem with) or is it better to just leave a good thing the way it is?

Thanks a lot. Great thread by the way!

10-26-2004, 05:24 PM	#54
JTH Member (10 bit) Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ireland Posts: 742	Many people don't have any of the Microsoft Office suites and this can be a big problem when trying to open Excel and Powerpoint files that are either online or that are e-mailed to you by a lucky friend that has these programs. Microsoft offer excellent free Excel and Powerpoint readers that open files from all versions of these programs. I have found to be invaluable: http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...S/xlViewer.exe http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...6/ppviewer.exe Here's a question though. I have recently switched from IE6 to Mozilla Firefox and I like it a lot. Is it worth changing Outlook 6 as well (which I don't particularly have a problem with) or is it better to just leave a good thing the way it is? Thanks a lot. Great thread by the way!