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Useful Websites and Products
July 2009
Web Tour is a monthly feature where we travel the internet to find interesting sites and programs. Web Tour appears in the group's newsletter as well as here on our website. Just click the links below to visit the sites.
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Free Spreadsheet Programs
This month Web Tour complements our spreadsheet theme. Possibly you think Microsoft Excel is the only available and capable spreadsheet software. Then think again. There are quite a number of free/open-source spreadsheet programs that are good and compare favorably with Excel. ◊
OpenOffice.org Calc
OpenOffice.org Calc is a segment of the OpenOffice.org software package.
It is similar to Microsoft Excel, with many similar features.
Calc is capable of opening and saving spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel file format.
It provides a number of features Excel does not include in the graphical area.
Calc can convert spreadsheets to PDF files.
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Gnumeric
Gnumeric has Windows
installers available.
It is intended to be a free replacement for proprietary spreadsheet programs.
Gnumeric's accuracy has helped establish itself for statistical analysis and other scientific tasks.
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Simple Spreadsheet
Simple Spreadsheet is a web-based spreadsheet program.
It is released under the GNU General Public License, and is thus free software.
It includes formulas, charts, formats, cell/row merging, cell locking, keyboard navigation, etc.
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wikiCalc
WikiCalk is a web application created by Dan Bricklin who, 27 years earlier, created VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet.
It is currently, as Version 1.0, available for Windows, Mac, and Llnux/Unix.
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