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A few groups are working on [[Activities/Spreadsheet|spreadsheet]] activities for the XO. None are expected to have good performance.
A few groups are working on [[Activities/Spreadsheet|spreadsheet]] activities for the XO. Dan Bricklin and Luke Closs are working on '''[[SocialCalc]]''', one of the more active initiatives, which has a full javascript featureset and is pushing the envelope re: what js programs can do within Sugar.


==[[SocialCalc]]==
See SocialCalc for the full activity description.
Dan Bricklin and Luke Closs are working on '''[[SocialCalc]]''', one of the more active initiatives. It has a full javascript feature set and is pushing the envelope re: what js programs can do within Sugar.


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However, you can easily install "Gnumeric" which is an open source version of Excel.
Enter Terminal activity.
Type "su" and <enter>
Type "yum install gnumeric"
Follow the prompts.

When it finishes, just type "gnumeric" from the command prompt and it you then have a fully featured spreadsheet program! (As a note, I'm using build 766 (I think), I've also installed "debian as an upgrade" as an alternate boot with XFCE).


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Latest revision as of 08:50, 1 November 2008

A few groups are working on spreadsheet activities for the XO. Dan Bricklin and Luke Closs are working on SocialCalc, one of the more active initiatives, which has a full javascript featureset and is pushing the envelope re: what js programs can do within Sugar.

See SocialCalc for the full activity description.

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However, you can easily install "Gnumeric" which is an open source version of Excel. Enter Terminal activity. Type "su" and <enter> Type "yum install gnumeric" Follow the prompts.

When it finishes, just type "gnumeric" from the command prompt and it you then have a fully featured spreadsheet program! (As a note, I'm using build 766 (I think), I've also installed "debian as an upgrade" as an alternate boot with XFCE).