Thanks rone, it was xournal that kept Gnumeric from installing. There is a conflict somewhere and I wouldn't be the person to ask. Once Xournal was unistalled, I could install Gnumeric, but the program or parts of it has some quirks. I had a column of numbers ranging from 1-30 and it showed as exponetial numbers. Also, on some cells that contained time, some showed up as 12:00 AM and some showed up as exponetials. What could be the problem? BTW, the excel file is saved in Excel 2002 format if that has anything to do with it.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.