Try OpenOffice. You can download it for free on the web. It's Calc program is almost exactly like Excel.
Cheri Lloyd
Art Teacher / Beginning Teacher Mentor
Whitmore Charter School of the Arts and Technology
3435 Don Pedro Road
Ceres, CA 95370
209.556.1610
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From: M. Austin [mailto:whest177@wheatstate.com]
Sent: Sat 4/26/2008 8:44 PM
To: TeacherArtExchange Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [teacherartexchange] OT: Adding Excel 2003
Rather than purchase a program that you don't forsee using much, have you
checked in to using Google Docs? There is a spreadsheet there that is pretty
decent. I have another site bookmarked at school that is VERY similiar to MS
Office, but is free.
~Michal
> The decidedly non-techie Maggie needs some help understanding what to do
> here: I'm taking a quick, VERY basic course in Excel 2003. It seems that
> the trial version of what came on my computer expired a few years ago, and
> that downloading the full version from the Microsoft Web site will cost
> $160; I don't see getting my money's worth out of it. Can I buy it used,
> like on e-bay or Craigslist, and then install it? Does the company limit
> the number of times you can get the software off the disk and onto your
> computer?