I got access to Google Spreadsheets this morning, shortly after I wrote up my quick take based on the screenshots on Google's site. After using Google Spreadsheets, some pros and cons stand out.

This question comes up often in user forums: How do I extract a piece of information from one column and put that extracted information into another? For example, if I have a URL in one column, can I ...

Google Sheets has the power to calculate the number of days between two dates, regardless of the date format entered. The only requirement is consistency between manually typed dates and the ...

Many new entrepreneurs use purchased software programs like QuickBooks or Microsoft Excel to perform tasks such as creating budgets, managing taxes, running sales projections or keeping inventory. If ...

Google's online spreadsheet is going into limited beta today. As of this writing, nobody I know has actually used with the service, however screenshots are up on Google's site, and we can tell a few ...

Manually sifting through a giant Google Sheets file isn't efficient. A built-in search function can look through all your open documents in seconds. In addition to Google's Find function, there are ...

You can change the date format in Google Sheets and customize the appearance of calendar dates. Google Sheets is similar to Microsoft's Excel application, but is web-based and offers a few different ...

Tools like Excel and Google Sheets are ubiquitous these days, and learning how to use them more effectively will quickly enhance your daily work. Alas, spreadsheets aren't always the easiest thing to ...