As a starting point for troubleshooting....................
Do you have MS Excel and PowerPoint installed on your computer?
If you right-click on a *.xls file and "Open With" what program options are you
given?
Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
>when I try to open the xls or pps extensions it says open then it says check
>out the file folder for help but it doesnt tell me what to put in there to
>open extensions. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you in advance. Don