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Fun => The Porch => Topic started by: shaunkad on January 23, 2014, 10:14:50 am

Title: excel
Post by: shaunkad on January 23, 2014, 10:14:50 am

I am looking for a substitute excel type of program that will allow me to import and edit an excel file prefer free but as long as it is cheaper than excel.

Title: Re: excel
Post by: Steve Gase on January 23, 2014, 10:16:15 am

Google Docs is free, nothing to install, and it can import excel files.
And you can share the "files" among other computers and other users.

Title: Re: excel
Post by: arw01 on January 23, 2014, 10:23:26 am

Libre Office, the fork of Open Office does all this and is actively developed.

Google docs works great for simplier spreadsheets.  I happen to use that on my phone, tablet, multple computers to keep track of my string addresses, counts, types, dmx addresses I use, etc.

It is fabulous to be out on a ladder, whip out the phone talk to google as to what you want in the cell, and continue on, knowing that when you open it on your laptop at the park you have access    :D

Alan

Title: Re: excel
Post by: shaunkad on January 23, 2014, 10:38:32 am

I did not think google docs would allow me to edit

Title: Re: excel
Post by: Steve Gase on January 23, 2014, 10:43:38 am

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I did not think google docs would allow me to edit

google docs lets you edit the live/cloud copy found in the cloud once you import.
you can choose to export the files back to excel format at any point.

Title: Re: excel
Post by: dmaccole on January 23, 2014, 12:32:40 pm

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I did not think google docs would allow me to edit

You might have gotten that impression when viewing other people's docs ... they can be set to prevent some (or all) people editing them ... but as the author, you always have editing rights.

HTH.

\dmc

Title: Re: excel
Post by: smeighan on January 23, 2014, 03:43:47 pm

i use open office

http://www.openoffice.org/download/

i have been using it since 1997.

Title: Re: excel
Post by: caretaker on January 23, 2014, 04:51:53 pm

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i use open office

http://www.openoffice.org/download/

i have been using it since 1997.

+1

Title: Re: excel
Post by: sebjsan on January 23, 2014, 07:17:44 pm

kingsoft is a newer alternative. I use it on my android. http://www.kingsoftstore.com/

Title: Re: excel
Post by: JonB256 on January 24, 2014, 09:30:08 am

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i use open office

http://www.openoffice.org/download/

i have been using it since 1997.

Works very well. Can't beat the price.

sent from my Galaxy Note