Google software will offer a free alternative to Microsoft Excel

Google introduce a spreadsheet program today, continuing the Internet search leaders expansion into territory long dominated by Microsoft Corp.

Googles online spreadsheet will offer consumers a free alternative to Microsofts Excel application whichh was typically sold as part of the Office software suite that has been a steady moneymaker for years.

Googles spreadsheet isnt as sophisticated as Excel. For instance, the Google spreadsheet wont create charts or provide a menu of controls that can be summoned by clicking on a computer mouses right hand button.

Rochelle said the program's main goal is to make it easier for family, friends or co-workers to gain access to the same spreadsheet from different computers at different times, enabling a group of authorized users to add and edit data without having to e-mail attachments back and forth.


Google introduced spreadsheet program


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