Microsoft Excel has been the king of spreadsheets for decades. Now that more people are turning to open-source alternatives, LibreOffice Calc enters the conversation. Let's examine some key features ...

GS-Calc 9.2 ($20, 30-day free trial) is an inexpensive spreadsheet program that isn’t a simple Excel clone. It offers has a number of interesting features, including a large work area (4094 columns by ...

GS-Calc continues to refine its niche as an inexpensive spreadsheet that’s not an Excel clone. This version adds pivot table support and improves usability. GS-Calc 10 ($20, 30-day free trial) is an ...

The ability to easily share spreadsheets in LibreOffice has helped bring the office suite that much closer to being a worthy replacement for Microsoft Office. I get a lot of questions from small ...

Project the revenues based on previous sales amounts with Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice Calc. Revenue projections allow you to estimate revenues for future time periods based on historical data. To ...

The ability to store and run calculations on data make spreadsheets a valuable resource for any office, but their usefulness can be diminished if you're unable to see the numbers. OpenOffice Calc can ...

I usually defend Excel come hell or high water. However, when it comes to regular expressions (regexes), even I admit that open-source LibreOffice Calc is superior: it treats them as native search ...

I love it when an app developer takes one of my minor grumbles and comes up with a simple solution. PopCalc is one of those. There are times when I have a few sums to do, and the standard calculator ...

I've seen spreadsheets that are basically interactive tutorials, and many more loaded with what Edward Tufte refers to as "chartjunk" -- embellishments that do nothing to make the presentation of ...