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posted: May. 23, 2012 @ 12:53p

We have a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that we would like to be able to have multiple people at multiple locations work be able to access, edit and print.

They have tried to use Google Docs, Drive, Cloud.... whatever and they hate it. It doesn't work for them. PERIOD.

Is there some other free place (not a Google location) that we can put this Excel spreadsheet and have it so that only those that know the location be able to open/edit/print it?

Please help.
posted: May. 23, 2012 @ 12:53p
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posted: May. 23, 2012 @ 1:11p

I was going to suggest Google Docs, but... What exactly don't they like about it (or rather hate about it)?

You could always create an account at any one of the number of free file sharing/hosting sites and then give everyone the password to that account. Each individual could go in and get the file, do whatever they want to it and then put it back out there.

I don't see very many other options since you say they hate the services that are designed to share documents for this purpose (Google Docs, cloud, etc.).
posted: May. 23, 2012 @ 1:23p

I really don't know what they don't like. The one user is a 55 year old man (I'm not knocking 55 year olds), but this guy isn't too up on it when it comes to computers.

He doesn't like that Google Docs doesn't function like Excel - I'm guessing it's the layout of docs or something doesn't work like it does in Excel. I don't use Google Docs so I can't comment.

I just called they 55 year old guy.......... what he doesn't like about Google Docs is when he creates a document in Excel on his pc and uploads it to Google Docs "it looses all it's formatting and it's a mess"

So what's the fix. This is a LARGE spreadsheet and he (they) do not want to retype the entire thing in Google Docs.


Thank you very much!!!!!!!!!!!
posted: May. 23, 2012 @ 1:49p

Sounds like the problem is they want to work on it in excel rather than google docs. If they just left in in google docs, or skydrive, and worked on it online, they would have a lot less problems. Another option is to share it via dropbox if they wanted to work on it in native excel, but if two people are working on it at the same time, they would lose some changes.
posted: May. 23, 2012 @ 2:35p

EtherPad is another app! I have been using it for sharing my documents online.
posted: May. 23, 2012 @ 4:17p

skibum43 said:   Sounds like the problem is they want to work on it in excel rather than google docs. If they just left in in google docs,Agreed. Google docs - using google's spreadsheet, not storing it as excel, is the way to go

For what most people do, it functions nearly exactly like excel
posted: May. 23, 2012 @ 6:28p

Thanks everyone. Unfortunately the spreadsheet is very large and complex from what I've been told. They don't want to have to recreate it in Google Docs. They want to try to figure out how to share it "on a cloud". The chance of both people being in the sheet at the same time is almost NO CHANCE.

Any other thoughts?

Thank you.
posted: May. 23, 2012 @ 7:27p

Microsoft has an app for that. Look at the demos in the link below. This is the solution you want.

Access, edit, and share your Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote documents online using SkyDrive.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/web-apps/


For more control, another product is Office365.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/free-office365-trial-si...
posted: May. 24, 2012 @ 12:23a

Did you miss my dropbox suggestion? If you share an account among all the computers, it will update to the latest version of the excel spreadsheet whenever the computers are connected to the internet. I have dropbox on four different PCs and it keeps my files up to date on each PC, regardless of which PC I work on.


jimmywalt said:   Thanks everyone. Unfortunately the spreadsheet is very large and complex from what I've been told. They don't want to have to recreate it in Google Docs. They want to try to figure out how to share it "on a cloud". The chance of both people being in the sheet at the same time is almost NO CHANCE.

Any other thoughts?

Thank you.
posted: May. 24, 2012 @ 7:13a

skibum43 said:   Did you miss my dropbox suggestion? If you share an account among all the computers, it will update to the latest version of the excel spreadsheet whenever the computers are connected to the internet. I have dropbox on four different PCs and it keeps my files up to date on each PC, regardless of which PC I work on.


jimmywalt said:   Thanks everyone. Unfortunately the spreadsheet is very large and complex from what I've been told. They don't want to have to recreate it in Google Docs. They want to try to figure out how to share it "on a cloud". The chance of both people being in the sheet at the same time is almost NO CHANCE.

Any other thoughts?

Thank you.

Thank you. I'll suggest that.
posted: May. 24, 2012 @ 11:19p

Also look at SugarSync. IT creates a box called MAGICBRIEFCASE which if you drop the excel sheet in there all computers with the same account can see / edit it
posted: May. 26, 2012 @ 4:04p

Dropbox plus make it a sharing workbook. Problem solved. That is exactly what you would be looking for.
posted: May. 27, 2012 @ 4:37p

The microsoft solution does everything and more without any workarounds.

Users can edit the worksheets in Excel or in a web browser.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/web-apps/
posted: May. 28, 2012 @ 2:15p

You should upload it for them to Google docs and fix all formatting. That or use this MS online tool people here have referenced.
posted: Jun. 2, 2012 @ 12:16p

Use the Microsoft solution. My husband is 50 and not so great with cloud computing can do it, and it's the native format. Accessing SkyDrive via browser or app is simple.
posted: Jun. 11, 2012 @ 7:52a

I would prefer using dropbox for ease of use. I've been using dropbox for a long time. I never had issues with it. The good thing with it is that its free. Very easy to use. My previous employer used it for all of his employees. For me, there's nothing that could ever beat dropbox in terms of ease of use.
posted: Jun. 11, 2012 @ 9:49a

No solution other than the Microsoft one allows for easy web browser editing while retaining the original formatting.
posted: Jun. 12, 2012 @ 10:40a

Well, the most common thing someone could use is Google spreadsheet..
Thats the only thing I could think of right now.. lol.. xD
posted: Jun. 14, 2012 @ 1:01p

Seriously, check out SkyDrive. They have apps now:
https://apps.live.com/skydrive

As for Google Docs, I recently had a problem where I took some Excel files, edited them in Google, downloaded them as Excel and emailed them to an associate who was on a new Windows system with a fresh install of Office 2010. She couldn't open any of them. I don't know what her settings were and couldn't ask as she's not too computer savvy. So I opened each one in my Excel (2010) and sent them again. She was then able to open them. The next day I sent her some files that were edited in the online version of Excel and stored in SkyDrive. She opened them just fine.
posted: Jul. 14, 2012 @ 6:08a

You can view and share spreadsheet in a browser in one of two ways:

1. By uploading or creating new workbooks on Windows Live SkyDrive, which is a free Web-based file storage and sharing service.

2. By saving workbooks to a SharePoint site where Office Web Apps are installed.


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