


Of course every business generates data of some sort and since the early days of Lotus 1-2-3, business people have been have been entering and manipulating data in electronic spreadsheets. As such, it won’t take nearly as much time as you might think for seasoned Microsoft Office users to train themselves how to use 2.0.

Realistically speaking, it will take some time to make the transition as many features and settings are named differently and are in different locations, but the names and locations aren’t too far of a stretch of the imagination and it’s easy to make the connections. Sure the cost difference, several hundred bucks verses free, is very, very attractive! But is that savings going to be eaten away by training costs and lost productivity? Fortunately, the answer is no! 2.0’s cadre of open source developers has spent a great deal of time in an attempt to make the two office suites as alike as possible in both the feature set and more importantly in the user interface. Many folks may be a bit apprehensive about making the switch from Microsoft Office to because of the learning curve. This gallery is also available as a TechRepublic article. DataPilot provides you with an easy way to ferret out information hidden in a spreadsheet
