Open Office Org & Excel Question

[Richard Rouse <ri...@yahoo.co.uk>]

Hello,

My friend is in the process of doing an Microsoft Excel Intermediate & Advanced course.
I have had a look at his work books and have decided I would like to have a go at the course as well.

However, I do not have Microsoft Office, I have Open Office Org the latest version.

In Open Office Org you have a program that looks like and indeed does exactly the same thing as Excel.
So would I be able to do the tasks in the Excel Intermediate and Advanced books on the Open Office Org program?

Does the Open Office Org program have all the features that the latest Excel program has?

Thank you for your help and I look forward to hear from you soon.

Regards

Richard Rouse

Re: Open Office Org & Excel Question

[Julian Thomas <jt...@jt-mj.net>]

On 6 Apr 2014, at 00:38, Martin Groenescheij <ma...@groenescheij.com> wrote:

>> In Open Office Org you have a program that looks like and indeed does exactly the same thing as Excel.
>> So would I be able to do the tasks in the Excel Intermediate and Advanced books on the Open Office Org program?

Looks like - only in a very general sense.  Does 'exactly' the same thing - not always - almost 100% equivalent function - yes (all bets are off if macros are involved).

> Without seeing the book contents I can't judge it.
> If the focus is on the interface I would say No.
> But if the focus is on formulas and calculations you probably could benefit from such a course.

I concur.

jt

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Re: Open Office Org & Excel Question

[Martin Groenescheij <Ma...@Groenescheij.COM>]

On 6-4-2014 13:03, Richard Rouse wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My friend is in the process of doing an Microsoft Excel Intermediate & Advanced course.
> I have had a look at his work books and have decided I would like to have a go at the course as well.
>
> However, I do not have Microsoft Office, I have Open Office Org the latest version.
>
> In Open Office Org you have a program that looks like and indeed does exactly the same thing as Excel.
> So would I be able to do the tasks in the Excel Intermediate and Advanced books on the Open Office Org program?
Without seeing the book contents I can't judge it.
If the focus is on the interface I would say No.
But if the focus is on formulas and calculations you probably could 
benefit from such a course.
>
> Does the Open Office Org program have all the features that the latest Excel program has?
Be aware that MS has changed their interface many times but the basics 
of spreadsheets is quite stable.
>
> Thank you for your help and I look forward to hear from you soon.
>
> Regards
>
> Richard Rouse


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