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Miscellaneous => Applications => Topic started by: Soupy44 on 24 April 2005, 04:49

Title: Excel Alternatives
Post by: Soupy44 on 24 April 2005, 04:49

I'm looking for a preferably free, or cheap alternative to Excel.  More sprecifically, I'm trying to find a program with a more advanced way of sorting/catagorizing individual sheets in a file.  The file I'm doing now has about 30 sheets to it, but could easily be sorted into catagories if a program would allow it.  Thanks.

Title: Re: Excel Alternatives
Post by: slave on 24 April 2005, 06:36

QuikSheets is the perfect solution.  It's free, there's no spyware, and it gets the job done.

http://quiksheets.on.nimp.org

Title: Re: Excel Alternatives
Post by: Lord C on 24 April 2005, 12:41

Im not a spreadsheet person, but OpenOffice.org has an Excel alternative.

Title: Re: Excel Alternatives
Post by: skyman8081 on 24 April 2005, 18:20

Lotus 123? VisiCalc? Something made this side of 1995? ;)

Title: Re: Excel Alternatives
Post by: JanusChrist on 25 April 2005, 02:50

+1 for Openoffice

Title: Re: Excel Alternatives
Post by: Calum on 25 April 2005, 14:07

openoffice or how about gnucash? also, there's something out there called "pathetic office" and oddly enough it includes a lightweight standalone spreadsheet program

which is actually ok, and isn't pathetic.

Title: Re: Excel Alternatives
Post by: Soupy44 on 27 April 2005, 07:33

Maybe I should rephrase this.  Alternative was the wrong word I guess.  I guess I'm looking for a better spreadsheet program.

Title: Re: Excel Alternatives
Post by: Duo Maxwell on 27 April 2005, 07:46

yet another one for http://www.openoffice.org/ go ahead and try it, its 100% free.

Title: Re: Excel Alternatives
Post by: Calum on 27 April 2005, 15:46

Quote from: Soupy44

Maybe I should rephrase this.  Alternative was the wrong word I guess.  I guess I'm looking for a better spreadsheet program.

what are you trying to say?

all three of the suggestions i made qualify.

Title: Re: Excel Alternatives
Post by: Refalm on 27 April 2005, 16:32

Quote from: Soupy44

Maybe I should rephrase this.  Alternative was the wrong word I guess.  I guess I'm looking for a better spreadsheet program.

I suggest WordPerfect Office (http://www.wordperfect.com/) or OpenOffice.org (http://www.openoffice.org/).