Excel Web App (on SkyDrive) vs Google Spreadsheet (on Google Drive)

[Venti Quattro]

Help a out here. Which one do you think is better for online do ent collaboration? I have a workbook spanning thousands of rows and and hundreds of columns in multiple sheets. I need formulas, summations, conditional formatting and logical functions .... a lot of it, and I need my colleagues to be able to do the same. I need to be able to churn out simple but comprehensive reports from these spreadsheets. Which do you think is more equipped to do better for my need?

[resistanze]

Help a out here. Which one do you think is better for online do ent collaboration? I have a workbook spanning thousands of rows and and hundreds of columns in multiple sheets. I need formulas, summations, conditional formatting and logical functions .... a lot of it, and I need my colleagues to be able to do the same. I need to be able to churn out simple but comprehensive reports from these spreadsheets. Which do you think is more equipped to do better for my need?

Maybe it's preferable to get Excel 2013 if your require complex functions, I think it has full cloud support now. Can't you check if yer ass can get Office 2013 for $11 through the home use program?

[leemajors]

I think SkyDrive gives you 7GB free too.

[illusioNtEk]

lol im still using office 07, best ever no bs

[Venti Quattro]

Maybe it's preferable to get Excel 2013 if your require complex functions, I think it has full cloud support now. Can't you check if yer ass can get Office 2013 for $11 through the home use program?

I have Excel 2013. However, I don't know about the cloud support. I just know about Sharepoint from Office 2007.

[leemajors]

I have Excel 2013. However, I don't know about the cloud support. I just know about Sharepoint from Office 2007.

I think Office 365 is their cloud based service, not sure about integration with Excel 2013

[LarryDavid]

Whenever I've uploaded Excel spreadsheets to Google Drive, I always have problems with formatting and converting it. Some formulas come out wonky. Why don't you test it out and see what happens to your spreadsheets? The collaboration on drive is great, and you get 15 GB of free storage with google drive.

I've only used Word web app. Uploading do ents and formatting is less of an issue there.

[Venti Quattro]

Hmmm so I stuck with Excel Web App on SkyDrive. I just found out that I can update the do ent in my desktop and upload it in real-time if there are any gaps in function in SkyDrive that I need to do in the desktop Excel.

And, hmmm, well it's pretty obvious that it's more native to the desktop Excel.

In terms of cloud storage I might stick with Google Drive. I have a storage plan and I use it for e-mail and for online do ents collaboration. I have 50gb on my Gmail alone.

[Venti Quattro]

Btw thanks for the ideas, resistanze. Might explore the home use program

[Venti Quattro]

SkyDrive integration with MS Office is one of the smartest things that MS ever thought as a corporation. I don't have to worry about forgetting storage devices. It's all in there!