[Phys-L] Re: Excel substitute

["Shapiro, Mark" <mshapiro@EXCHANGE.FULLERTON.EDU>]

OpenOffice also comes with most Linux distributions.

Mark

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=46rom: Forum for Physics Educators on behalf of Jack MacLeod
Sent: Sat 9/10/2005 7:45 PM
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Subject: Re: Excel substitute
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On 9/10/05, Jeff Weitz <weitz@pipeline.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know of a
> shareware or freeware substitute that would work well for intro phy=
sics
> and that can exchange files with Excel?

Jeff and others

Try OpenOffice available at openoffice.org.  It should do exactly wha=
t
you want with exchanging files between excel and something free.  It
is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X (must run X11).  The ne=
w
version 2 (which I think is still in beta) is great with MS Office
compatibility and look.

Jack

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