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    OS 8 - View Excel

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by BigMIke_7801, May 22, 2007.

  1. BigMIke_7801

    BigMIke_7801 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I need to install an application on an employees computer here at work that needs to be able to view Excel documents on her mac that has OS 8 installed on it.

    Any body know of a free or open source software that can be downloaded?

    Thanks - Mike
     
    BigMIke_7801, May 22, 2007
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    cashmonee Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    Good luck! You are going to need something like Excel Viewer and I don't think that will be easy to find for OS 8. The best direction I can give is to try out lowendmac.com. See if they have a solution.
     
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    BigMIke_7801 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well I found something called icEcell that's free to try $20 to buy after 30 days so I have her using the trial for right now and so far so good.

    Thanks - Mike
     
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    Just a thought, but didn't Mac OSs before the Intel releases use to include AppleWorks or ClarisWorks for free? Those have a built-in spreadsheet program that should be Excel compatible. Also, the last version of Appleworks still supported OS 8.1 (which is a free update from OS 8), although I'm not sure if it's still available for sale.
     
    ltcommander_data, May 22, 2007
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