[Hidden-tech] Spread Sheet app?

[Robert Heller]

At Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:22:21 -0400 duncan at GISmatters.com wrote:

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> Well, last time I checked (some years ago) it was free, but today I find 
> that the StarOffice suite is $70... for that you get the equivalents of 
> Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and some kind of drawing app, and yes, 
> they read/write MS formats.  I used the free versions way back at version 4 
> (they're now at version 8) and found them decent but a bit rough around the 
> edges - I can only assume things have changed for the better:
> 
> http://www.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/features.jsp


*OpenOffice* is (still) free.  *StarOffice* is the non-free *commercial*
version.

An Open Office CD-R is available from Cheap Bytes
(http://shop.cheapbytes.com/cgi-bin/cart/0070011274.html) for $6.99:

"You are purchasing Version 2.0.1 of OpenOffice. OpenOffice.org is an
OpenSource community project building the next generation of
office-productivity software. OpenOffice 2.0.1 is the result of those
efforts.

Included on this 2 CD-ROM set, you will find the following Version 2.0.1
files:

    * Binaries (Linux, Win32Intel, Mac)
    * Source
    * Extras"

Or you can download it from http://www.openoffice.org/, if you have a
high-speed internet connection.

I don't think Open Office has a partitularly *small* footprint, but
probably smaller than MS Office.

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> Chris
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> DAVID F. FARKAS wrote:
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> > Hi folks...
> > 
> > Anyone know of a simple Windows freeware or shareware spread sheet 
> > application with a limited feature set and small footprint that will 
> > open and save in XLS format?
> > 
> > There used to be a few around and I have not found one lately. Most of 
> > what I do does not require the moxie of Excel and I like to keep a few 
> > spreadsheets open, but not use as much system fire power.
> > 
> > Suggestions? Thanx.
> > David
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