Google Docs - spreadsheets

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Current revision as of 10:25, 28 January 2011

Google Spreadsheets is a part of Google docs online environment.

Main purpose

Google docs Spreadsheets is online spreadsheet editor equivalent to desktop tools such as MS Office Excel or OpenOffice Calc. It can be used for basic and advanced spreadsheet editing although with some restrictions comparing to its desktop equivalents. Google Spreadsheets allow user to create or import a spreadsheet, to edit it alone or with other users and to publish, export or save the document online.

Useful information

Google Spreadsheets can import spreadsheets in MS Office Excel format (including Office 2007, .xlsx format), OpenOffice Calc format, CSV, TXT and other formats. Other users with Google account can be easily added to collaborate in spreadsheet creation and editing. In case several users are working on the same document, any change made by any user is shown instantly in the spreadsheet.

Pros & Cons

Pros

• Interface is very simmilar to previous versions of MS Office and equivalent to the newest version of OpenOffice
• Strong support for import and export formats
• Enables document sharing and real-time collaboration
• Supports variety of functions adequate for average and advanced user (such as sheet protection, data validation, solver, freezing option...)
• Tight integration with OpenOffice suite

Cons

• Troubles when importing spreadsheets created with other applications (lost formats and formulas)

Reference

http://www.google.com/google-d-s/tour1.html

http://docs.google.com

http://docs.google.com/support/?hl=en

Tool accessibility test (28 July 2010)

Server Response Time test performed from Seattle, WA / Munich, Germany / Brisbane, Australia : 0.247 sec / 0.268 sec / 0.995 sec

Server Response Time Scale: Less than 0,1 = Optimal; 0,1 - 1 = Acceptable; 1 - 4 = Noticable but tolerable delay; 4 - 8 = Bearly tolerant delay

This tool has help included on the tool's webpage (link): http://docs.google.com/support/?hl=en

There is no possiblity of changing the type or size of fonts in the tool (it can be done only as a browser functionality).