Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Google Sheets

Today is pretty exciting for the Google lovers in the crowd. Google just updated Sheets (their Excel competitor), and you can now use it offline. http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/11/google-sheets-gets-offline-editing-speed-boost-and-filter-views/
That's some pretty cool news. It's been my biggest complaint that I could use Sheets offline. Of course, this now creates challenges with syncing the documents with large groups, but if you're careful, you can likely get around that.
However, I'm still waiting for Sheets to gain the same complex formulas that Excel has. Until then, I cannot make a complete switch to the free Google software. Microsoft is still my preferred vendor, but that is starting to become shaky ground. It does appear that with Google's foray into Chromebooks, the Android OS, email, search, and now a bigger step into productivity software, that Google is slowly taking Microsoft's position of most dominate tech company not named after a fruit.

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