you wrote... I need Excel on the G4 in order to convert some of my old spreadsheet files to a format that can be imported by my OS X spreadsheet program. if that is the case Check out "NeoOffice" by goodleing the same. I use it to convert Word and excell file sent to me by others all of the time - works great. rick ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- B G <briang113 at pacbell.net> wrote: > You might want to download the demo of office X, it > is good for 30 > days. This should allow you to import your files. > > > Brian > > G4 gigE 1.0 GHz Powerlogix, 1 GB RAM > > On Feb 3, 2006, at 7:49 AM, S. Kennedy wrote: > > > On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 20:22:19 +1100, Tony Johansen > wrote: > > > >> My apologies for the philosophical answer in the > absence of any > >> solutions > >> that get the program you choose working. Best of > luck. > >> > > > > No apologies needed. I didn't report the whole > story. I use > > databases most of the time and spreadsheets very > little. I need > > Excel on the G4 in order to convert some of my old > spreadsheet > > files to a format that can be imported by my OS X > spreadsheet > > program. I saved a lot of the old files in slyk > format because I > > thought it would be the most transferrable but it > doesn't work and > > I need to go back and save them in Excel format. > I really can't > > justify the cost of MS Excel or Office for the > little use I would > > have for it. The old versions were bought for > work before I > > retired 10 to 15 years ago. > > > > On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 05:12:05 -0800 (PST), Richard > Ramsowr wrote: > > > _______________________________________________ > G4 mailing list > G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage > Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 >