Google’s Document & Spreadsheet Service
Google’s new beta service for documents and spreadsheets has been invaluable for me so far. I’ve been uploading Excel workbooks (spreadsheets) and updating them on a daily basis. As usual I was late to realize Google even had this service…..
After my first three years of running our online business I found that I was feeling a great deal of anxiety whenever we had low income days, months, and even hours. I’ve had very little experience running any kind of business and therefore I never understood the importance of tracking. In the last year I have been slowly moving toward tracking income and costs using an Excel workbook but Excel seemed like a complicated piece of software. After I caught on to creating Excel sheets I was surprised to see how easy it is. Anyway, once I had my spreadsheet completed I went looking for a way to run Excel online or on one of my websites.
I searched online for php and cgi scripts that would give me the ability to run Excel on my site. The search was long and tedious and I found a few sites that provided a way I could run Excel on their server and their site. The prices ranged greatly from a monthly fee of a few hundred dollars up to expensive setup costs as high as $15,000 USD. Obviously some of these web service providers are catering to larger companies with larger budgets than mine.
Eventually I came across the Beta program with Google which allows you to simply upload an Excel workbook and manage it going forward. I find that editing Excel workbooks online in my Google account is easier than editing Excel on my PC. There are some helpful buttons and applications for ”Excel dummies”. Finding formulas is really easy with the drop down menu they provide.
Try it! It’s FREE!
Terry  Â
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