There is no alternative to excel period. Its like dwarf fortress or bloomberg terminals - when you are digging through what you thought was cruft, you'll sudde

There is no alternative to excel period. Its like dwarf fortress or bloomberg terminals - when you are digging through what you thought was cruft, you'll suddenly find an entire project/application worth of material to handle a feature you never thought you would use. Except that feature is used by someone else everyday.