Excel compatible spreadsheet program

Miscellaneous Forums/General Discussion/Excel compatible spreadsheet program

The Forum Archive is locked. These are the original blitzbasic.com forums, kept so their posts can still be read and searched. No new topics, replies or edits can be made here. To join the conversation, head over to the Blitz3D+ forums.

Bit of a long shot, but thought I'd ask here.

Does anyone know of a free / cheap Excel compatible spreadsheet program? That can load / edit Excel files (*.xls), or at least convert them to it's native format.

Why do I ask? Simple - I can't afford Excel, but occasionally need to view and edit spreadsheets that people e-mail to me.