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For calculations, I like to use Excel instead of the windows calculator. The only drawback is that excel is heavy and take some time to start. I want something fast like notepad, but with basic Excel features.

Thank you!

PS: I need a off-line solution, please.

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Google Docs also works offline. – jvanderh Jul 16 '09 at 22:18

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Google Docs does spreadsheets - starts almost as fast as your browser and your spreadsheets are available wherever there's an machine with an internet connection!

If you add in Google Gears it works offline too!

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Than you, but I need an off-line tool... – Click Ok Jul 16 '09 at 22:13
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It works offline too! – jvanderh Jul 16 '09 at 22:17
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as of may 3rd 2010 no longer works offline docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=176376 – Timo Huovinen Oct 17 '10 at 18:24
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Gnumeric - The Gnome Office Spreadsheet

The Gnumeric spreadsheet is part of the GNOME desktop environment: a project to create a free, user friendly desktop environment.

The goal of Gnumeric is to be the best possible spreadsheet. We are not attempting to clone existing applications. However, Gnumeric can read files saved with other spreadsheets and we offer a customizable feel that attempts to minimize the costs of transition.

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Since he's mentioning Excel, I would expect him to be on Windows, not Linux. Does Gnumeric work on Windows, too? – Torben Gundtofte-Bruun Jan 21 '10 at 8:35
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There's a new little program available out there with great potential: Spreadsheet from http://www.clearoffice.com/

It looks pretty much like Excel 2007, is all in .NET and WPF, completely free :). It's in beta right now, but very functional.

The download is about 4 MB, it's very light, and it's offline of course.

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You could try EditGrid, it's free for personal use.

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OpenOffice has a program called Calc which is very similar to Excel.

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I wouldn't exactly call OO "light-weight", though. :-/ – Ben Blank Jul 16 '09 at 23:09
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The size of OO is a necessary evil to experience its glory. – Jonathan Sampson Jul 17 '09 at 11:43
Yea, OO is more of a 'most of the same features' rather than a 'lightweight' alternative to excel. – Michael Kohne Jan 20 '10 at 18:16
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<joke>Here you have a bunch: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/SpreadSheet </joke>

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Specialized audience for these, to be sure, but no reason to call the answer a joke. – dmckee Jul 16 '09 at 23:48
I'm not calling them a joke, the joke is proposing them as alternatives for Excell. – J. Pablo Fernández Jul 17 '09 at 5:48
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The SpeedCrunch calculator app might suit your needs if by basic Excel features you just mean maths functions and referring to other cells (without having tabular data).

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For a version that works on Vista see comment #20 here: code.google.com/p/speedcrunch/issues/detail?id=196#c20 – Sam Hasler Jul 17 '09 at 11:48

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