
Is nothing sacred?
By Elinor Mills
Published: 6 June 2006 08:15 BST
Google is today set to launch a web-based spreadsheet program that will allow people to view and simultaneously edit data while conducting "in-document" chat, a company product manager said on Monday.
The launch of Google Spreadsheets puts the search engine in even more heated competition with Microsoft, whose desktop-based Excel spreadsheet program is a standard office tool.
Google, which acquired the Writely web-based word processor in March, is unleashing web-based services of programs that propelled Microsoft to dominance on the desktop. Microsoft is responding by revamping its business to focus on web services under the Windows Live and Office Live monikers.
Google Spreadsheets, which will go live on Tuesday as part of Google Labs, supports the import and export of documents in the dot-xls format used in Excel and the dot-csv (comma-separated values) format, said Jonathan Rochelle, product manager for Google Spreadsheets.
The service provides automatic saving, so once a document is saved for the first time it is saved upon every change, as well as enabling easy transfer of data from cell to cell, inserting and deleting of rows and columns and supporting multiple sheets or tabs, he said.
Consumers must have a Google account to use the service.
Elinor Mills writes for CNET News.com
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