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I'm yet to find a single decent alternative to Excel. It's an excellent data modeling and analysis tool. And yes, I've learned Python, R and SQL, but these tools are not a replacement for the Excel workflow.
What features are lacking specifically that LibreOffice, Google Sheets, or some other cross-platform solution doesn't have?
Curious if Airbus moving over to GSuite has anything to do with Google Hangouts Chat launching and being included in GSuite as the final piece of the puzzle. Google didn't have an answer to Microsoft Teams, but now it does.
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I'm yet to find a single decent alternative to Excel. It's an excellent data modeling and analysis tool. And yes, I've learned Python, R and SQL, but these tools are not a replacement for the Excel workflow.
What features are lacking specifically that LibreOffice, Google Sheets, or some other cross-platform solution doesn't have?
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I'm yet to find a single decent alternative to Excel. It's an excellent data modeling and analysis tool. And yes, I've learned Python, R and SQL, but these tools are not a replacement for the Excel workflow.
I was coming here to say this. Nothing compares to Excel. The problem with replacing Excel is that it has thousands of features, and every user seems to use a different subset of those features. With that said, a large majority of users can probably get by with what GSuite offers.
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What features are lacking specifically that LibreOffice, Google Sheets, or some other cross-platform solution doesn't have?
execution speed would be a big one
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What features are lacking specifically that LibreOffice, Google Sheets, or some other cross-platform solution doesn't have?
Keyboard shortcuts are huge. Also I’m used to the ribbon which I don’t think they copied yet
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Why would you assume moving to GSuite is indicative of a trend toward open-source? You have even less control than with Office.
That is simply not true. Google has been a much stronger supporter of open source. Ever heard of Android? What about Kubernetes? Chromium? Also, Google Docs supports exporting to ODS and other document formats... in addition to automatic conversion into Google Drive.
That's debatable. According to GitHub, Microsoft is the biggest contributor to open source projects.
http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-github-open-source-...
In addition, there are quite a few high-profile open source software packages directly from Microsoft.
Maybe the main reason is email hosting, with gmail being so ubiquitous? Second reason could be better integration with mobile platforms. Other than that, one could think that GSuite is cheaper, but it's really roughly the same.
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Keyboard shortcuts are huge. Also I’m used to the ribbon which I don’t think they copied yet
All of the apps I suggested have excellent keyboard shortcuts and options as well. So this is really about the ribbon interface to you? I am wondering which Microsoft PR company you work for?
That’s really unnecessary.
I don’t have any of the alternatives available to me right now but if you’re honestly curious I could take another look this weekend and see if every widely used function has a shortcut. But from what I remember many don’t. I would love to see a plugin that maps excel shortcuts to either libre office or open office
Hopefully, this will start a trend away from MS Office to other office programs. Preferably open source solutions.
I'm yet to find a single decent alternative to Excel. It's an excellent data modeling and analysis tool. And yes, I've learned Python, R and SQL, but these tools are not a replacement for the Excel workflow.