Roberta
I don't know if the S&T sku for Excel limits the files to open, but in
XL2003 (part of Office 2003 Pro) there is a Lotus 1-2-3 option under
File>Open...>Files of type drop-down>Lotus 1-2-3

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Nick Hodge
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>I had a 30-day trial version of Microsoft Office (which I do not know what
> version it was) and purchased the Student 2003 Office which no longer
> converts Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheets to the Excel spreadsheet. I'd like to
> upgrade and do not know which one to purchase.