Re: [libreoffice-users] Application of Speadsheet

That would require Internet access, something the church doesn't have. 

On February 21, 2014 5:07:15 PM EST, Spencer Graves <spencer.graves@prodsyse.com> wrote:
>       Have you considered something like a Google Spreadsheet?
>
>
>     This could be ideal, as it could allow multiple people to edit at 
> the same time.  However, if you consider using it, you need to test it 
> with simulated activity, because it could lock up on you -- or at least
>
> lock one person out while the other is making edits.  If you do it, you
>
> should probably have a backups on notebooks to use if Google
> spreadsheet 
> locks up on you.
>
>
>      With luck, someone else will tell us how to merge spreadsheets.  
> I've also merged spreadsheets with a lot of manual work, sorting the
> two 
> on the same key, then copying the two into the same sheet, then 
> inserting blank rows in each as needed to match everything.  To avoid 
> that, I usually use R (www.r-project.org) to merge spreadsheets.  
> However, if you don't know R, you probably don't want to learn just for
>
> this.
>
>
>       hope this helps.
>       spencer
>
>
> On 2/21/2014 1:21 PM, Alan B wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 3:05 PM, Pikov Andropov <pikov22@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > Third phase is checkout. I was thinking of copying the spreadsheet
> as it
> > > existed after phase 2 to a second laptop so that people could
> checkout
> > > with last-names-A-through-M going to laptop 1 and N-Z, to laptop 2.
> > The first thing that stood out to me is phase 3. Why not have the
> entire
> > spreadsheet on both laptops?
> >
> > I ask because I can't imagine everybody always going to the correct
> queue.
> > So why not support them even if they show up in the wrong place? The
> other
> > scenario that came to mind is one queue is busy. So, my process
> suggestion.
> > -Alan

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