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If I want to do a spreadsheet where I don't need to do any calculations but I want to be able to sort by different categories at different times, what's the best type of file to do it in?
I want to make a list of the garden seeds I have (a really unmanageable number) and I want to have columns for plant name, botanical name, date packaged, month they need to be planted, days to germinate, etc. Then I want to be able to sometimes sort the list alphabetically, sometimes by date sown, sometimes by color, etc. How best to do that?
I like MS Excel easy to set up and sort by any column I want. If you don't like MS products there is another program that I use for work that is called FileMaker, you can find more information about that program at their website. http://www.filemaker.com/
I use Open Office's spreadsheet a lot and I really like it. And best of all, it is free! I do a lot of sorting in it, too. :-) http://www.openoffice.org/
Marylyn I dl'd open office and their spreadsheet looks very similar to MS excel. Do you find them to be essentially the same or why do you like open office better?
Open Office works just fine in place of Microsoft Office -- plus it doesn't cost $300.00 - with Open Office you can save the docs in Microsoft Office format if you need/want to share the file with someone who has Microsoft Office.
Gwen: If calculations aren't involved, seems like a simple database is all you need. Microsoft's database in "Works" is simple and will sort any way you like.
