I have downloaded a .xls document I cant open need file extension

I have downloaded a document but I need a file extension .xls but I dont know
how to get it, can someone help me, thank you. the document is a learn direct
document, the link is
http://www.learndirect.co.uk/home/co...ng/mapping.xls.
Thank you.

Download it to your computer and open it with Excel.
If you don't have excel buy it or download openoffice for free

http://www.openoffice.org/

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"Kerry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I have downloaded a document but I need a file extension .xls but I dont
>know
> how to get it, can someone help me, thank you. the document is a learn
> direct
> document, the link is
> http://www.learndirect.co.uk/home/co...ng/mapping.xls.
> Thank you.

Kerry, you have to have Excel installed to work with this file, if you only
need to look at it you can get an excel viewer here
http://heh.pl/&2vt

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"Kerry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I have downloaded a document but I need a file extension .xls but I dont
know
> how to get it, can someone help me, thank you. the document is a learn
direct
> document, the link is
>
http://www.learndirect.co.uk/home/co...ng/mapping.xls
..
> Thank you.

A look at the workbook suggests that it's not really worthwhile due to
design.

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"Kerry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I have downloaded a document but I need a file extension .xls but I dont
know
> how to get it, can someone help me, thank you. the document is a learn
direct
> document, the link is
>
http://www.learndirect.co.uk/home/co...ng/mapping.xls
..
> Thank you.

Hi Kerry,
Don't have any idea what the other materials would have you
do with the page, but it is not normal to be in page break mode,
View (menu), Normal (in Excel) would bring you back to a normal view.

But if you want Excel tutorials there are lots of them available
on the web, links to a very small fraction of them can be seen at
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel....htm#tutorials
all of the those links are freely available, many of them being
university sites.
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HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm
Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm

"Don Guillett" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> A look at the workbook suggests that it's not really worthwhile due to
> design.
>
> "Kerry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I have downloaded a document but I need a file extension .xls but I dont
> know
> > how to get it, can someone help me, thank you. the document is a learn
> direct
> > document, the link is
> >
> http://www.learndirect.co.uk/home/co...ng/mapping.xls
> .
> > Thank you.
>
>

Hi Kerry,
One more thing if you do have Excel installed but have lost the
association with the extension it can be fixed from
my computer, view, file types, or better by
reregistering Excel
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/slowresp.htm#reg

which is essentially running the following from Windows Start, Run
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Excel.exe" /regserver

check to see where Excel actually is first or try excel.exe /regserver

It is unlikely that you would have Excel on your machine and not
know it, as you have to pay extra when you purchase a machine,
or purchase it separately. But if you had run Excel on your machine
and lost the association with the file extension that is different.
---
HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm
Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm

"David McRitchie" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:ebwkvp%[email protected]...
> Hi Kerry,
> Don't have any idea what the other materials would have you
> do with the page, but it is not normal to be in page break mode,
> View (menu), Normal (in Excel) would bring you back to a normal view.
>
> But if you want Excel tutorials there are lots of them available
> on the web, links to a very small fraction of them can be seen at
> http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel....htm#tutorials
> all of the those links are freely available, many of them being
> university sites.
> ---
> HTH,
> David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
> My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm
> Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm
>
> "Don Guillett" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> > A look at the workbook suggests that it's not really worthwhile due to
> > design.
> >
> > "Kerry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > I have downloaded a document but I need a file extension .xls but I dont
> > know
> > > how to get it, can someone help me, thank you. the document is a learn
> > direct
> > > document, the link is
> > >
> > http://www.learndirect.co.uk/home/co...ng/mapping.xls
> > .
> > > Thank you.
> >
> >
>
>