OfficeNow Spreadsheets
The spreadsheet, or OfficeNow spreadsheet, is one of the 3 types of documents offered in talkspirit's complete collaborative office suite allowing your users to work together efficiently.
To create a spreadsheet, click the Spreadsheet icon from the General News Feed, Group News Feed, or Filespace.
A window opens with your spreadsheet.
Click on Untitled Document on the right in the top banner to give it a title.
Click in a cell, enter the character "=" to perform an operation or enter the first letters of a mathematical function.
Select one or more cells to format them with the options in the Home menu.
To undo or redo an action, click Undo or Redo on the left side of the Home menu.
All changes made to the spreadsheet are recorded continuously. You can leave the document without fear at any time.
The presence of several people online on the spreadsheet is visible by an icon in the upper right-hand corner of the document.
Select a cell then Add comments by right-clicking to add a comment, or do the same via the action with the same name in the Collaborate menu.
When you change a spreadsheet, the changes you make to it generate new versions. These versions can be kept to distinguish the evolutions made between 2 versions and to return to a previous version if necessary.
The display of the versions is available in the File menu (coming soon).
Microsoft Excel files shared within a group can be opened and edited in Talkspirit's OfficeNow suite.
To work together on an Excel document,
Load the file in the Filespace of the desired group
Click on the document (.xls or .xlsx extension) to open it in OfficeNow.
OfficeNow spreadsheets can be downloaded in Microsoft Excel format into OfficeNow from the File menu and then Downloaded as they are, or from the Download File action in Talkspirit.
Read also:
OfficeNow collaborative documents to learn more about permissions and rights, actions available on the document in file space, hosting and storage
Creating a spreadsheet
To create a spreadsheet, click the Spreadsheet icon from the General News Feed, Group News Feed, or Filespace.
A window opens with your spreadsheet.
Spreadsheet interface
Editing and working with a spreadsheet
Click on Untitled Document on the right in the top banner to give it a title.
Click in a cell, enter the character "=" to perform an operation or enter the first letters of a mathematical function.
Select one or more cells to format them with the options in the Home menu.
To undo or redo an action, click Undo or Redo on the left side of the Home menu.
All changes made to the spreadsheet are recorded continuously. You can leave the document without fear at any time.
Working Collaboratively, Version Management
The presence of several people online on the spreadsheet is visible by an icon in the upper right-hand corner of the document.
Comments
Select a cell then Add comments by right-clicking to add a comment, or do the same via the action with the same name in the Collaborate menu.
Version management
When you change a spreadsheet, the changes you make to it generate new versions. These versions can be kept to distinguish the evolutions made between 2 versions and to return to a previous version if necessary.
The display of the versions is available in the File menu (coming soon).
Compatibility with Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel files shared within a group can be opened and edited in Talkspirit's OfficeNow suite.
To work together on an Excel document,
Load the file in the Filespace of the desired group
Click on the document (.xls or .xlsx extension) to open it in OfficeNow.
OfficeNow spreadsheets can be downloaded in Microsoft Excel format into OfficeNow from the File menu and then Downloaded as they are, or from the Download File action in Talkspirit.
Read also:
OfficeNow collaborative documents to learn more about permissions and rights, actions available on the document in file space, hosting and storage
Updated on: 24/02/2025
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