Spreadsheet applications like OpenOffice Calc almost seem to tempt you to experiment with ways to arrange and manipulate your data. For example, if you have data in separate columns that you want to ...

So I've been collecting data on a market that I'm looking to break into. After having all of the calculations in my head for weeks, sunk costs, profit estimates, etc. I've finally decided to put what ...

For novices, functions are one of the most intimidating features of OpenOffice.org's Calc. Newcomers quickly learn that functions are a main feature of spreadsheets, but there are almost four hundred, ...

When databases became available for the personal computer in the mid-1980s, they quickly gained a mystique as the ultimate productivity applications. Despite their widespread use, in some ways they ...