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Maybe for replacing Word, not Excel. Google Sheets is handy for basic tasks among small/large groups. Get even a tiny bit "sophisticated" and it's all over.

by LightG 5y ago

DarkmSparks 5y ago
I mostly replaced excel with libreoffice sheets where possible. I actually prefer writer in all circumstances. For everything else similar (e.g. shared complex excel docs with tons of VB) I use MS office on a mac mini and my main desktop is a fc33 build with an RTX3070 and AMD5900X
- LightG 5y ago
  Thanks, good to see some options I can dabble with.
hodgesrm 5y ago
We have a 100% remote company. We run our business on Google Sheets. It's entirely sufficient for our purposes which include cloud cost modeling (we do a lot of that) as well as cash flow management and financial projections. I'm an Excel fan as well but in our case it simply would not work due to the fact the team is spread across so many locations.
- LightG 5y ago
  I will give Sheets another go soon to see how it's progressed but I've always run up against a deal breaker before. And I say "soon" because I thought I'd have a Sunday-morning nosey around right now after reading your comment (I was inspired) ... and ... : ** Google Docs encountered an error. Please try reloading this page, or coming back to it in a few minutes. To learn more about the Google Docs editors, please visit our help centre. We're sorry for the inconvenience. - The Google Docs Team ** ... It went away 10 minutes later, but I can't have that in the middle of a working day.
  - LightG 5y ago
    And then ... : Sorry, the file you have requested does not exist. Make sure that you have the correct URL and that the file exists. Get stuff done with Google Drive Apps in Google Drive make it easy to create, store and share online documents, spreadsheets, presentations and more. Learn more at drive.google.com/start/apps. .... The above is actually an error produced by me just trying to create a new blank page. Sorry, I won't be going near Sheets for anything I care about. I'll try again in a year. The above annoyed the hell out of me.
  - hodgesrm 5y ago
    I've never seen this bug, but it would definitely alter my opinion as well. :/

Maybe for replacing Word, not Excel. Google Sheets is handy for basic tasks among small/large groups. Get even a tiny bit "sophisticated" and it's all over.

by LightG 5y ago

Maybe for replacing Word, not Excel. Google Sheets is handy for basic tasks among small/large groups. Get even a tiny bit "sophisticated" and it's all over.

DarkmSparks 5y ago

I mostly replaced excel with libreoffice sheets where possible. I actually prefer writer in all circumstances. For everything else similar (e.g. shared complex excel docs with tons of VB) I use MS office on a mac mini and my main desktop is a fc33 build with an RTX3070 and AMD5900X

LightG 5y ago
Thanks, good to see some options I can dabble with.

hodgesrm 5y ago

We have a 100% remote company. We run our business on Google Sheets. It's entirely sufficient for our purposes which include cloud cost modeling (we do a lot of that) as well as cash flow management and financial projections. I'm an Excel fan as well but in our case it simply would not work due to the fact the team is spread across so many locations.

LightG 5y ago
I will give Sheets another go soon to see how it's progressed but I've always run up against a deal breaker before. And I say "soon" because I thought I'd have a Sunday-morning nosey around right now after reading your comment (I was inspired) ... and ... : ** Google Docs encountered an error. Please try reloading this page, or coming back to it in a few minutes. To learn more about the Google Docs editors, please visit our help centre. We're sorry for the inconvenience. - The Google Docs Team ** ... It went away 10 minutes later, but I can't have that in the middle of a working day.
- LightG 5y ago
  And then ... : Sorry, the file you have requested does not exist. Make sure that you have the correct URL and that the file exists. Get stuff done with Google Drive Apps in Google Drive make it easy to create, store and share online documents, spreadsheets, presentations and more. Learn more at drive.google.com/start/apps. .... The above is actually an error produced by me just trying to create a new blank page. Sorry, I won't be going near Sheets for anything I care about. I'll try again in a year. The above annoyed the hell out of me.
- hodgesrm 5y ago
  I've never seen this bug, but it would definitely alter my opinion as well. :/