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Zoho Sheet – Video Tip

Rick — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:19:07 +0000

Last week, I gave you a short video tour of Zoho.com's Writer word processing application. This week the tour continues with the Sheet program (spreadsheet) from Zoho. Like the word processor program, Sheet offers all of the features that 90% of spreadsheet users need or use, including:

Mulitple sheets (workbooks)
Charting
Advanced calculations
Auto formatting
Link external data
Online collaboration
and much more.

Watch the short video below to see how far online applications from Zoho.com can take you.

Microsoft Excel tip that will change your life – Video Tip

Rick — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:27:21 +0000

If this tip doesn't change your life, it can change your cube mates life or someone's life who uses Excel a lot.

This short (4 minute) video demonstrates the power of knowing how to quickly navigate around a spreadsheet without using the vertical or horizontal scroll bars.

Even if you don't use Excel, watch the video...it is like a magic show you might see in Las Vegas.

Open Office 2.0 — FREE Alternative to Microsoft Office

Rick — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 09:55:07 +0000

In today's meetings, we downloaded, installed, and worked with Open Office. The FREE altnernative to Microsoft Office. To read why the software is free, read this information from their web site .

OpenOffice programs are completely compatible with Microsoft Office programs and allows you to read, edit, and create Office documents without owning the Microsoft Office suite. Here is a list of the programs and their functions in Open Office:

OpenOffice – Revisited

Rick — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 20:42:29 +0000

I wanted to give a quick update on a product that we started talking about on the show about four years ago. It's called OpenOffice . OpenOffice is considered an open source project which means that no one entity owns it (although Sun Microsystems pushed it hard in the early going), and anyone can use it for free. OpenOffice, as the name implies, is a productivity software. It contains a Microsoft Office compatible word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager and database. I installed it for my kids almost a year ago and have been rolling it out for more and more clients. I can honestly say that I'm impressed with the product.