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Date:      Fri, 17 Apr 2020 08:55:53 -0700
From:      Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Is there a standalone spreadsheet program available for Freebsd?
Message-ID:  <86eesm5com.fsf@elm.localnet>
In-Reply-To: <20200417150551.GD894@rancor.immure.com> (Bob Willcox's message of "Fri, 17 Apr 2020 10:05:51 -0500")
References:  <20200417120548.GC894@rancor.immure.com> <5dada2a9-6348-be80-b51b-303ff5b8790c@druid.net> <20200417150551.GD894@rancor.immure.com>

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Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com> writes:

> On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 07:32:22AM -0500, D'Arcy Cain wrote:
>> On 2020-04-17 07:05, Bob Willcox wrote:
>> > I would like to find a spreadsheet that I can run on FreeBSD in X that is
>> > essentially standalone and drag with it tons of other stuff. I have openoffice
>> > installed but it seems way over the top for my intended purpose.
>> 
>> What is the intended purpose.  A spreadsheet program is designed to be
>> very flexible and allow many different uses.  If you have a very
>> specific use something else may make more sense and be even smaller if
>> that is one of the requirements.
>> 
>> If you do need a spreadsheet anyway, knowing the intended use may
>> determine what products you need.  Not all programs may have the
>> features you need.
>
> Thanks for your response.
>
> What I would like would be something simple w/o lots of features as my intended
> use is simple. I just want to be able to list expense items and their cost and
> have them added up as a monthly expense budget. That's all.

I use gnumeric for similar uses and it works very well.  I have tried
openoffice also, but found it way more than I need or want.

-- 
Carl Johnson		carlj@peak.org




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