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Advice on Spreadsheet Apps

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Kayem59

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Hi, I am using a Samsung Galaxy S III.

I am looking for the best Spreadsheet apps available. In Excel terms, it should be like a workbook and MUST include the following capabilities -

1. Handle formula including ARRAY formulas
2. Draw data from different sheets in to one sheet for computation
3. Allow DROPDOWN menus
4. Generate graphs
5. Allow conditional formatting

In other words, it should be able to do what a normal Excel 2007 program can.

Can someone advise me which apps would do these ?

Thanks.

Kayem
 
I doubt Microsoft will put full Office functionality on their Android and iOS apps. Just look at SkyDrive and OneNote. They're basically little more than readers.
 
You can try looking at PlanMaker. They do offer a try before you buy 30 day demo for their office suite directly from their site. It's pricey though. The most expensive office suite you can find on Android.
 
Kayem I would try office suit 6 I have the pro version that lets me use excel spreadsheets. Now idk if it will do all of what you mentioned but I think they have a free version to try before you buy it. But if I were you grab the pro version its really nice. To me it feels like Ms office on the go cause it gives you word excel and power point docs that you can make new or edit one.
 
NeoGrandizer said:
You can try looking at PlanMaker. They do offer a try before you buy 30 day demo for their office suite directly from their site. It's pricey though. The most expensive office suite you can find on Android.
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Wow, that's a heavy duty spreadsheet for an Android app.
Currently on sale for $7.99.

But it doesn't seem to have array formulas, links between sheets, dropdown menus, or conditional formatting, mostly just the same functionality found in Documents to Go or OfficeSuite.
 
chanchan05 said:
I doubt Microsoft will put full Office functionality on their Android and iOS apps. Just look at SkyDrive and OneNote. They're basically little more than readers.
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LOL. You obviously haven't played around with Pocket Word or Excel. Both done by Microsoft for their OWN Windows Mobile OS. Very pathetic and was exactly as you describe. Made more like a reader than a productivity tool.

I can only imagine that the Android/Apple versions will be nothing more than an updated version of that. Maybe MS will prove me wrong.

Regarding drop-down lists, PlanMaker does support it. Not sure about the rest, but confident it will.
 
NeoGrandizer said:
LOL. You obviously haven't played around with Pocket Word or Excel. Both done by Microsoft for their OWN Windows Mobile OS. Very pathetic and was exactly as you describe. Made more like a reader than a productivity tool.

I can only imagine that the Android/Apple versions will be nothing more than an updated version of that. Maybe MS will prove me wrong.

Regarding drop-down lists, PlanMaker does support it. Not sure about the rest, but confident it will.
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Obviously you havent played around with MS Office 2013 on the Windows 8 tablets. They run full Office functionality on the same ARM chipsets Android uses.
 
chanchan05 said:
Obviously you havent played around with MS Office 2013 on the Windows 8 tablets. They run full Office functionality on the same ARM chipsets Android uses.
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Yes, I am aware of that. But that's because the Windows tablets run a full OS (not a water downed mobile OS) under the hood from my understanding. Hence the full functions being enabled. Though I heard its UI is not really touch friendly. Maybe wrong on this.
 
NeoGrandizer said:
Yes, I am aware of that. But that's because the Windows tablets run a full OS (not a water downed mobile OS) under the hood from my understanding. Hence the full functions being enabled. Though I heard its UI is not really touch friendly. Maybe wrong on this.
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Actually, you are wrong. Windows RT is a watered down OS, not a full OS. There are basically three existing Windows OS now: Windows Phone, Windows RT and Windows 8 for desktop.

Windows Phone and Windows RT are watered down mobile versions of the OS made to run on the same ARM processors as Android phones. These processors are incapable of running Windows full OS because of hardware limitations (they are unable to run as many instruction threads as an x86 processor). So ALL Windows Surface tablets you see now is using Windows RT, a watered down ARM-based OS, and still it runs full MS Office.

Windows Surface Pro, which runs full Windows 8 will not be available until around January or December. Other tablets that run full Windows 8 are HP Envy X2, ASUS 808. The Samsung ATIV tablet is running an RT version as well.
 
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