PSS ID Number: Q141224
Article Last Modified on 02-6-2002
The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Excel Viewer for Windows 95, version 7.0
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Microsoft Excel for Windows 95 7.0
Summary
Microsoft Excel 7.0 Viewer is a stand-alone program that is available from
Microsoft free of charge. You can use Microsoft Excel 7.0 Viewer to view, copy,
zoom, and print files that you create in Microsoft Excel versions 2.0 through
7.0 for Windows and Microsoft Excel versions 2.2 through 5.0 for the
Macintosh. Note also that Microsoft Excel viewer includes an AutoFilter
feature that is similar to the AutoFilter feature in Microsoft Excel.
The Viewer program makes it easy for you to exchange Microsoft Excel
documents with other people and view these documents on your computer. In
addition, Microsoft Excel Viewer supports OLE objects and allows you to
view any file created in Lotus 1-2-3.
Microsoft Excel Viewer will not allow you to edit an open document,
although you can use it to copy or paste information from the Clipboard and
drag data from any open Microsoft Excel document. These viewing and
manipulation features make Microsoft Excel Viewer a capable and convenient
Microsoft Excel document browsing tool and an ideal replacement for the
Quick Viewer supplied with Windows 95.
NOTE: If you need to share Microsoft Excel 97 or later spreadsheet files with those who do not have Excel, download Microsoft Excel 2000 Viewer from the following
Microsoft Web site:
http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/xlviewer.aspx
More Information
Minimum System Requirements to Run Microsoft Excel Viewer
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A personal computer with a 386DX or higher processor
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Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 or later
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4 megabytes (MB) of RAM for Windows 95 (6 MB is recommended)
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12 MB of RAM for Windows NT Workstation
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3 MB of available hard disk space (6 MB must be available in order to
complete installation)
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Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
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VGA or higher-resolution video adapter
Templates and Macros
Microsoft Excel Viewer supports viewing templates, chart files, and macros;
however, macros contained in templates cannot be run.
Full Screen
To view as much of your worksheet at once as possible, click
Full Screen on the
View menu. To restore your screen, click
Full Screen again.
Activating OLE Objects
Microsoft Excel Viewer allows you to activate any embedded object in your
Microsoft Excel documents provided that the corresponding OLE server is
present on your computer. However, any changes made in the object are
discarded when the OLE server is closed.
Uninstall
The Microsoft Excel Viewer Setup program includes a maintenance mode option
to uninstall or reinstall the Microsoft Excel Viewer. These options are
described in the Readme.txt file that comes with the program.
Distributing Microsoft Excel Viewer
Because Microsoft Excel Viewer is available from Microsoft free of charge,
you can distribute the program to other users.
HOW TO OBTAIN THE MICROSOFT EXCEL VIEWER
The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
Excelvwr.exe
For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support
files, click the article number below
to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q119591
How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from
Online Services
Microsoft used the most current virus detection software available
on the date of posting to scan this file for viruses. Once posted,
the file is housed on secure servers that prevent any unauthorized
changes to the file.
HOW TO INSTALL THE MICROSOFT EXCEL VIEWER
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The Microsoft Excel Viewer's Setup program is designed to run properly
only if Windows 95 or Windows NT is running. If Windows is not
running, start Windows before continuing.
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Close all open programs and turn off any utilities or virus
protection programs.
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If you downloaded the self-extracting file, double-click it to
automatically start Setup. If you obtained the Microsoft
Excel Viewer on disk, double-click the Setup.exe file on Disk 1.
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The Setup program will prompt you for a folder in which to install
the Microsoft Excel Viewer. The default folder location for the
Microsoft Excel Viewer is c:\Program Files\Xlview.
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Click
Installation to install Microsoft Excel Viewer.
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If the Setup program detects Microsoft Excel for Windows (version 5.0
or later), Setup will then prompt you to determine which program to use
as the default program when you open Microsoft Excel documents. The
default program is used whenever you open .xls, .xlt, or .xlm files.
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Clicking
Yes (open with Microsoft Excel) means that Microsoft Excel
for Windows will be used by default to open Microsoft Excel files.
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Clicking
No (open with Viewer) means that Microsoft Excel Viewer will
be used by default to open Microsoft Excel files.
NOTE: If you choose this option, you must run the Microsoft Excel
for Windows Setup program to restore Microsoft Excel for Windows as
the default program for Microsoft Excel documents. For more
information regarding how to restore Microsoft Excel as the default
program, see the Readme.txt file that comes with the Viewer program.
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To run Microsoft Excel Viewer, click the
Start button on the Windows taskbar, point to
Programs, and click
Microsoft Excel Viewer.
Alternatively, you can run Microsoft Excel Viewer by double-clicking
the Xlview.exe file in your Xlview folder.
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excelvwr
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Technology: kbExcelSearch kbWin95search kbExcel95 kbExcel95Search kbExcelViewerSearch kbViewerSearch kbExcelWinSearch