Gnumeric Now Supports All Excel Worksheet Functions

unmadindu writes "The latest beta release of Gnumeric has been released. According the the developers, it is now ready and stable enough for general use and deployment, and the final 1.2.0 release will be made on September 8th. This release also marks the realization of a major milestone -- all of the worksheet functions in the U.S. version of MS Excel are now supported. I have been using 1.1.19 for quite some time now, and it is incredibly fast, and hugely improved compared to Gnumeric 1.0."

Comments

Re:SXC ?

[KiwiSurfer]

it could be very cool to support the sxc (openoffice) format. what about this ?

Gnumeric 1.1.19 does support Openoffice's SXC file format. I discovered this by accident when I opened a SXC file instead of the XLS file I was going to open. The import filter isn't too bad for simple spreadsheets, but I would still use Excel's XLS fomat for transferring files between OOo and Gnumeric until the import filter improves.

I think this is a positive step toward an OpenSource office enviroment to replace the present-day MS Office enviroment.

- James

No need flight simulator, but where's Pivot Table?

[Taco Cowboy]

Just wondering why Pivot Table isn't counted as one of the function of Excel ?

I mean, the ad sez that Gnumeric can now do _100%_ of Gnumeric functions, right ?

How about Pivot Table ?

Can Gnumeric do Pivot Table ?

If not, why not ?

I really hate to say this, but to me, 100% means 100%, and anything less than 100% shouldn't be called 100%.

Otherwise, it would be deemed as a practice of
deceptive advertising.

Gnumeric does NOT have Pivot Table !

[Taco Cowboy]

You don't need Excel 2003 to know that Gnumeric doesn't have all the Excel functions.

For example, the Pivot Table function is _still_ missing.

Yes, the ad sez that Gnumeric has _all_ the Excel functions, but it is a misleading ad. If the Pivot Table isn't there, then Gnumerica can't have _all_ the Excel functions, period.