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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.
>
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> 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. 
>
>
> >
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