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might be a form of Jevons Paradox (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[-] glimse@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Excel is sooo much than it used to be in Office 97. And it's way better than any other spreadsheet software I've tried.

Speaking of, anyone know of any alternative that handles named tables the same as Excel? Built-in filtering/sorting and formulas that can address the table itself instead of a cell range?? Please?

[-] msage@programming.dev 16 points 2 months ago

SQL?

[-] RamRabbit@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Seriously. If you are talking about querying tables, Excel is the wrong tool to use. You need to be looking at SQL.

[-] GrapheneOSRuinedMyPixel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

I've been hosting grist for a while and it is quite nice. Wasn't able to move all the stuff from classic spreadsheets though

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I'll check that out, thanks!

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