>> Anyone know of a simple Windows freeware or shareware spread sheet >> application with a limited feature set and small footprint that will >> open and save in XLS format? "Gnumeric" is likely worth taking a look at: http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/ I haven't used it in a few years - and never on Windows - but it served my spreadsheet needs in the past. There is a Windows binary available: http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/downloads.shtml Finally, have you tried a quick search? E.g. this seems to produce a number of possibly useful results: http://www.google.com/search?q=free+windows+spreadsheet -Fred