XLSX file attachments

[DazzyD]

Rob

As it's an MS Office 2007 program, you can download the free 60-day MS Office 2007 trial. This will allow you to open the files and, if you're happy, you buy the package at the end of the trial and unlock the full version.

Here's the link:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/HA101741481033.aspx

Scroll down the page until you get to the "Free Trial Download" section and click on "Download Now". It's take a while to download and install but it's not bad software although it may take a little getting used to.

[rob1963]

Get the converter that allows you to open them in an older version of office. As you will be possibly getting them more and more soon. Let me go and have a look for it.

Found It:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en A lot cheaper I think.

OK, it's confession time.

When I clicked the above link, the instructions said before you download the converter, you should download all essential updates, so I followed the instructions to do this before getting the file converter.

Unfortunately, one of these updates was Internet Explorer 8

What a complete pile of

Needless to say, I went back to IE7 within an hour.

That's one mistake I won't be making again!

[Jiggles]

Didn't expect it to require IE8. At least you have a converter. Its a horrible way of doing things like that to get people to use your web browser. Also you should been able to tell it not to install it.

[Vectis]

... more Microshaft crudware ...

... one of these updates was Internet Explorer 8

I did warn you...

[rob1963]

I did warn you...

And boy were you right!

Not being very technical, I just followed the instructions in the link Callum gave me, and they instructed you to install all essential updates before downloading the file converter, and one of these was IE8.

Obviously I wasn't aware the converter would still work with IE7 & didn't know that it wasn't necessary to get IE8...or I wouldn't have got it in the first place!

Oh well...we live & learn!

I'd love to know if anyone has IE8 & is actually happy with it!

[Jiggles]

I'd love to know if anyone has IE8 & is actually happy with it!

Im not happy with ANY IE version! Out school is still using IE6 And at least one PC has to be rebuilt everyday due to this. There so thick to don't see the problem!

[kjdiscos]

Im not happy with ANY IE version! Out school is still using IE6 And at least one PC has to be rebuilt everyday due to this. There so thick to don't see the problem!

callum, not being funny, but ive never heard of this before, every single day 365 times a year a workstation rebuilt purely down to IE6 ?

[rob1963]

Just found this online, which sums it all up really:

70% of Internet Exporer users are using IE7,
20% are using IE6 and
10% are using IE8.

[Jiggles]

callum, not being funny, but ive never heard of this before, every single day 365 times a year a workstation rebuilt purely down to IE6 ?

It works out at one a day! IE combined with RM (Research Machines (terrible network software)) and 400 pupils! The most common fault is Viruses and other malicious codes getting installed on the terminals which is a common fault in IE6.