Google wants it to be a "nonissue" when Google Docs and Chrome OS users work with Microsoft Office files. CNET News' Stephen Shankland ran into hitches and glitches that show that's not the case.

To convert an Excel file to a Google Sheets spreadsheet, you need to upload the Excel file to Google Drive. Once you've uploaded the Excel file to Google Drive, you can save it as a Sheets file. You ...

Many new entrepreneurs use purchased software programs like QuickBooks or Microsoft Excel to perform tasks such as creating budgets, managing taxes, running sales projections or keeping inventory. If ...

I got access to Google Spreadsheets this morning, shortly after I wrote up my quick take based on the screenshots on Google's site. After using Google Spreadsheets, some pros and cons stand out.

The Mint app has shut down as of Jan. 1, 2024. For alternatives, check out CNBC Select's ranking of the best budgeting apps. If you've never built a budget before, the thought of tracking all of your ...

Google Docs automatically formats numbers entered on spreadsheets with commas to make them more readable. This can be an undesirable feature for some business uses, such as lists of invoice numbers, ...

Nick Carr offers his assessment of Google's evolving Office plan. He posits that Spreadsheets makes Excel more valuable because is provides a simple Web interface to Microsoft's Office spreadsheet--it ...

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