Re: Is Apache Open Office good for sales tax service spreadsheets?
I am writing a document on a Calc guide for accountants and financial people. Tools such as "Validity", "Goal Seek" and formulas like vlookup can help you work with many of the things you need to be done. Validity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8YHWDTUshA http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Calc_Guide/Validating_cell_contents Goal Seek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26gc9n8ZHdU http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Calc_Guide/Goal_seek On 9/29/13, James Plante wrote: > Depends on how much data you intend to acquire. For a small shop, using AOO > would be feasible. But as Tom Goldie said below, a database should be > employed if you're acquiring lots of data. Spreadsheets do well on small > data sets, but beyond a certain point they get unwieldly, then become > unusable. You've got only 65,534 rows (records) to work with in a > spreadsheet; many more records are possible in a database. > > Regards, > Jim Plante > > On Sep 29, 2013, at 6:51 AM, Gabrielle Becker > wrote: > >> hi, >> I am just looking for a simple spreadsheet program where I can keep track >> of who I charged what, plus what sales tax there was, plus address, time >> and invoice number.It needs to be searchable. Etc. Is Apache open office >> good for this type of use? I would be getting cash or checks so no need >> for keeping track of bank account or credit card numbers. >> > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor http://www.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Is Apache Open Office good for sales tax service spreadsheets?
Depends on how much data you intend to acquire. For a small shop, using AOO would be feasible. But as Tom Goldie said below, a database should be employed if you're acquiring lots of data. Spreadsheets do well on small data sets, but beyond a certain point they get unwieldly, then become unusable. You've got only 65,534 rows (records) to work with in a spreadsheet; many more records are possible in a database. Regards, Jim Plante On Sep 29, 2013, at 6:51 AM, Gabrielle Becker wrote: > hi, > I am just looking for a simple spreadsheet program where I can keep track of > who I charged what, plus what sales tax there was, plus address, time and > invoice number.It needs to be searchable. Etc. Is Apache open office good > for this type of use? I would be getting cash or checks so no need for > keeping track of bank account or credit card numbers. > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Is Apache Open Office good for sales tax service spreadsheets?
I'd use the database component of AOO, called Base. If you've used MS Access before, you shouldn't have a problem. If you're pretty tech savvy you can probably do a tutorial or two and get a good start. Failing that, I'd get someone who knows databases to walk you through them. T-Mobile. America’s First Nationwide 4G Network Gabrielle Becker wrote: >hi, >I am just looking for a simple spreadsheet program where I can keep track of >who I charged what, plus what sales tax there was, plus address, time and >invoice number.It needs to be searchable. Etc. Is Apache open office good for >this type of use? I would be getting cash or checks so no need for keeping >track of bank account or credit card numbers. > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
