| What, after all, is the single most important feature of Google Spreadsheets? The single most important feature - by far - is its compatibility with Excel. You can export an Excel file into Spreadsheets and import Spreadsheets data into Excel. Spreadsheets is not an alternative to Excel so much as an extension or an add-on to the program, one that, in essence, provides a simple web interface to the Microsoft application. To put it into terms I've been using recently, Spreadsheets is a complement to Excel. It actually makes Excel more useful - and hence more valuable. Let me repeat that: Spreadsheets makes Excel more valuable. |
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