Microsoft Excel Viewer

Although EasySpreadsheet can produce files that are 100% compatible with Microsoft Excel,  there may be times when you need to read or print an Excel file which contains an advanced feature not supported by EasySpreadsheet.

The Microsoft Excel Viewer is useful for such times, and is included with EasyOffice.

If, in EasySpreadsheet, you try to retrieve an Excel file not supported by EasySpreadsheet (for example, an Excel 2.0 file), then the Excel Viewer will automatically be used to open this file for you, so that you can view it or print it.

If, in EasySpreadsheet, you retrieve an Excel file that EasySpreadsheet opens, but it does not display an Excel chart or formatting to your liking, you can try to open it with the Excel Viewer instead. To open a file with the Excel Viewer, go to the File1 menu, and select Open with Excel Viewer. Or, simply click the Excel Viewer button (shown below, for both Easy Mode and Advanced Mode). The file will automatically be opened in the Excel Viewer. When you exit the Excel Viewer, the file is automatically re-opened with EasySpreadsheet.

 

Tip: Sometimes you may open an Excel file that contains an Excel graphic which EasySpreadsheet does not support, and there may be an "Unsupported Chart" message in the Chart worksheet. However, the figures from that worksheet were most likely opened correctly. If you need to modify these figures (as opposed to simply viewing the spreadsheet in the Excel Viewer), look at the sheet tabs at the bottom of the screen, and check to see if the figures were placed in another worksheet.

 

Other Notes on Excel Viewer

If an actual copy of Microsoft Excel is detected on your computer, the Excel Viewer will not be installed. Instead, the actual copy of Microsoft Excel will be used for viewing Excel files when requested. If you un-install this copy of Microsoft Excel at a later date, not to worry. The Excel Viewer will automatically be installed.

The Microsoft Excel Viewer is included with the CD-ROM version of EasyOffice, but space does not allow inclusion with the downloadable versions.