Don't know about Excel files but any word processing file saved in "Rich Text Format" (RTF) can be read by any other word processing program. ----- Original Message ----- From: NCRUTHER-D-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:NCRUTHER-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: NCRUTHER-D@rootsweb.com<mailto:NCRUTHER-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 1:00 PM Subject: NCRUTHER-D Digest V05 #50