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Re: Constructing A Logarithm Table
From: Nicol�s de Hilster
Date: 2009 Jan 13, 09:59 +0100
From: Nicol�s de Hilster
Date: 2009 Jan 13, 09:59 +0100
I do not know of a printed manual as I never used one, but the formula's used in Calc are (I believe even for 100%) compatible with Excel. If you want to do some macro programming, there might be some differences, but I am not an expert macro programmer, so I can't tell for sure. I switched to Calc about a year ago and the only trouble I had, was finding where certain options were hidden in the menu-structure. Entering formula's and creating spreadsheets was not different than before. At the lowest line of the menu there is this very helpful 'function assistant' ('fx'-button). Press that while the cursor is at a certain cell and Calc will show you all available commands/functions. George, if you need to know more or want some help with a sheet, you're perfectly welcome to contact me off-list as well. Nicol�s George Huxtable wrote: > Nicol�s de Hilster wrote, about choosing a spreadsheet program- > > I would suggest Calc from OpenOffice (http://www.openoffice.org/). It is > free, reads (and can save) MicroSoft Excel sheets and works cross-platform. > > =================================== > > I have little doubt that Calc (which came free, as a part of Open Office) is > indeed powerful. I have tried, quite hard, to use it. But is there decent > printed documentation for it? The only manual I could find combined all > aspects of Open Office, so it was over-condensed. Many important features of > Calc, available in the program itself, went unmentioned in that manual. And > if you can't find that a feature exists, it might as well not be there. > > I'm aware that "online help" is available, but that's one of my pet hates, > for any software. I'm much happier riffling through the pages of a book (if > it has a decent index) then digging through menus and submenus for stuff > that's been cunningly concealed. And quite a lot of the online help with > Calc has been obscurely written and is hard to understand. > > In comparison, my old copy of Excel 2000 has a superb manual of over 1000 > pages, to which much attention has been given to making it clear and > comprehensive. > > If Nicol�s can recommend a better printed manual for Calc, I will go back > and try it again. There's a big in-principle attraction, for me, in free > software that can be updated for nothing, compared with expensive commercial > stuff that becomes no-longer supported, then calls for expensive upgrading. > > George. > > contact George Huxtable, at george@hux.me.uk > or at +44 1865 820222 (from UK, 01865 820222) > or at 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.6/1887 - Release Date: 1/11/2009 5:57 PM > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---