I’ve been spending a lot of time with Microsoft Excel lately, and the idea of having an online version that can move around with me (from my office to the reference desk) interested me. So this entry is my reaction to Google Docs, (and most importantly) spreadsheets.
Things I noticed:
1. It looks very nice.
2. It was easy to import my .xls file, but during the process I lost any graphs that had been generated. According to the help menu, graphs are currently not supported, which seems like a big gap in a spreadsheet program, but Google Doc and Spreadsheets will let me enter in formulas like before, and that’s whats really important.
3. It lacks the formula assist function that Microsoft has. I think this is alright for seasoned users, but those still becoming accustomed to using spreadsheets might suffer.
4. When you import a file into Google Spreadsheets, all the formulas seem to disappear. All my entries became straight numbers, not formulas
5. It doesn’t seem to understand array formulas.
I think Google Spreadsheets still needs some work (or I haven’t figured out how to do some very basic functions)
