KOffice 1.1 Beta 3 Review: Part 6
KSpread 1.1
About 90% of the emails I received asked if KOffice
can import Microsoft Office documents. In subsequent reviews, I will
try
to focus some time on importing Microsoft Office documents.
I booted my machine back to Windows and took a screenshot of an Excel
spreadsheet that I created 4 months ago.
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I imported the excel file into KSpread. One good thing about Linux is
that it
can read my Windows partition. This way I don't have to put the file
into a
floppy.
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KSpread's Excel import filter is quite good. It imported all my
data--that's
pretty much what I needed.
KSpread has an auto-column expand feature that allows me to double
click on a
column, and automatically make the column expand to the size of the
cell that
has the longest string.
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I decided that I want to make my spreadsheet pretty. I stumbled across
this
"table style" feature. I selected the region of cells (C3:H9),
click "format"->"table style"->"Standard 2".
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With a little rearranging and reapplying table styles, I came up with a
good looking spreadsheet.
To center "Debt" across the selection, I select A1:H1, click on
"table"->"merge cell", and click on the "center" icon.
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I then did a print preview on the spreadsheet.
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All the basic functionality that I've come to expect from a spreadsheet
is
presented in KSpread. In addition, KSpread has a very good Excel 2000
importer.
This should give soon-to-be KOffice users the assurance that the
KOffice team is keen to making sure Microsoft Office compatibility is
one of
their highest priorities.
KSpread is already a good enough spreadsheet for probably 90% of users,
with the basic functionalities I've described.
In part 7, I
will talk about the more advanced features in KSpread.
