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opening embeded excel files WITHOUT excel
If I have an embedded Excel file in a Word document and then send the Word
document to someone who does NOT have Excel, can that person open the Excel file that is embedded in Word. I tried it and couldn't get it to work. I get an error message about not being able to find a program. |
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opening embeded excel files WITHOUT excel
Your test was successful! The recipient needs Excel (or another program that
can read Excel files) -- Enjoy, Tony "Anthony" wrote in message ... If I have an embedded Excel file in a Word document and then send the Word document to someone who does NOT have Excel, can that person open the Excel file that is embedded in Word. I tried it and couldn't get it to work. I get an error message about not being able to find a program. |
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opening embeded excel files WITHOUT excel
As you discovered, the recipient also needs Excel. Instead of
embedding the workbook, what about an image instead? In Excel, select the portion you want to include, hold Shift and go to Edit/Copy Picture. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Anthony" wrote in message ... If I have an embedded Excel file in a Word document and then send the Word document to someone who does NOT have Excel, can that person open the Excel file that is embedded in Word. I tried it and couldn't get it to work. I get an error message about not being able to find a program. |
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Thanks. I would have liked my test to be a failure ;~). Any suggestions on
"other" programs that can read Excel files OTHER than Excel. Maybe some freeware or sharware program that can be used just for this purpose (sharing embedded Excel files with people)? "Tony Jollans" wrote: Your test was successful! The recipient needs Excel (or another program that can read Excel files) -- Enjoy, Tony "Anthony" wrote in message ... If I have an embedded Excel file in a Word document and then send the Word document to someone who does NOT have Excel, can that person open the Excel file that is embedded in Word. I tried it and couldn't get it to work. I get an error message about not being able to find a program. |
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opening embeded excel files WITHOUT excel
It may not help, but if you have the old Excel filter (linked from my web
site downloads page), you can *open* or *insert* Excel files in Word. Once inserted Excel is no longer required. Such files do not have any Excel functionality and are not linked back to Excel. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Anthony wrote: Thanks. I would have liked my test to be a failure ;~). Any suggestions on "other" programs that can read Excel files OTHER than Excel. Maybe some freeware or sharware program that can be used just for this purpose (sharing embedded Excel files with people)? "Tony Jollans" wrote: Your test was successful! The recipient needs Excel (or another program that can read Excel files) -- Enjoy, Tony "Anthony" wrote in message ... If I have an embedded Excel file in a Word document and then send the Word document to someone who does NOT have Excel, can that person open the Excel file that is embedded in Word. I tried it and couldn't get it to work. I get an error message about not being able to find a program. |
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An Excel Viewer is available as a free download from Microsoft. See
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en Alternatively, the free OpenOffice suite (http://www.openoffice.org/) can read Excel files - but be aware that it does so without official knowledge of the file format so could get it wrong on occasion. -- Enjoy, Tony "Anthony" wrote in message ... Thanks. I would have liked my test to be a failure ;~). Any suggestions on "other" programs that can read Excel files OTHER than Excel. Maybe some freeware or sharware program that can be used just for this purpose (sharing embedded Excel files with people)? "Tony Jollans" wrote: Your test was successful! The recipient needs Excel (or another program that can read Excel files) -- Enjoy, Tony "Anthony" wrote in message ... If I have an embedded Excel file in a Word document and then send the Word document to someone who does NOT have Excel, can that person open the Excel file that is embedded in Word. I tried it and couldn't get it to work. I get an error message about not being able to find a program. |
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opening embeded excel files WITHOUT excel
Thank you all for the great advice. The Excel Viewer might work. I didn't
realize Microsoft had something like that. "Anthony" wrote: If I have an embedded Excel file in a Word document and then send the Word document to someone who does NOT have Excel, can that person open the Excel file that is embedded in Word. I tried it and couldn't get it to work. I get an error message about not being able to find a program. |
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