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Tech people - exasperated

Posted: Oct 11, 2014

Honestly, why is it that tech wants to make an MTs' life miserable. Just got a new thing to fill out and I cannot open it. I have never used Excel if that is what it is. My computer has no program for me to open it. At any rate, I wonder why these people have to make things so hard. This new computer, a Windows 7 (which I had to have to do my work) is so complicated now. You don't get these other programs like you did on the other computers. You have to buy Word, Excel, etc. I am not going to buy new programs just for this one thing Tech decided to do. Anyone else wonder why they can't make things easier for us instead of all of their superiors. Honestly, I am about ready to quit. Have had nothing but trouble since I started with this company. Won't name it though. Just wondering if any other company loves to harass MTs by making things so complicated.

Microsoft Excel Viewer - NK

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You can download a free program to view Excel and Word documents if they're not installed on your computer. Just google Microsoft Excel Viewer, and you will find many download sites.

Viewer - exasperated

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Hey thanks so much. Maybe this will help.

Will I be able to save it to something I can use?

try searching for OpenOffice . org - It will save in table form sm

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They have a whole suite of free programs I downloaded the whole thing and love the way they work. IDK if you can pick and choose tho.

install - NK

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Just follow the download instructions. It will be a separate program on your computer, and when you open an Excel document, it will automatically open it so you can view it.

Open in Google Docs - MT

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You can try opening it through Gmail if you have an account. When you see the download box, just click the one to download to Google Docs. If that does not open it, it should give you an option to add an app that will. Try one of their suggestions. When their suggestion hasn't worked for me, I add one of their apps that converts files. You can change the extension and usually get it to open that way. It sounds complicated, but it's pretty easy. Hope that helps.

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