Collaborate in real time with EditGrid Online Spreadsheet

Posted on April 10, 2008 at 5:28 am

Spreadsheets are a great invention – I think everybody will agree with me on that statement. However, there are a few problems on how we work with a traditional spreadsheet application. One of them is that we can’t work and collaborate on the same spreadsheet at the same time.

This results in endless emailing of spreadsheets between peers to edit and finalize a complete spreadsheet, which wastes quite a lot of our time. EditGrid was created to change all that by offering an online spreadsheet solution that lets a group of people work on the same spreadsheet in real time .

EditGrid is an online spreadsheet application that makes data accessible and manageable in real time. It works similarly to Microsoft Excel, with most of the commonly used spreadsheet features. The major difference between EditGrid and other spreadsheet applications is that it runs completely online and you can access it via any major web browser out there.

Having spreadsheets online has a few advantages, most notably is that it allows spreadsheets to be accessed, edited, shared and published to many people at once.

editgrid-online-excel-like-spreadsheet

EditGrid Features

All your traditional spreadsheet features are available – cut/paste cells, sort, charts, graphs, you name it.
50+ common keyboard shortcuts like your usual, desktop spreadsheet application. Think Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V.
Import or export spreadsheets in multiple formats – .xls (MS Excel), .ods (Open Document Format), .sxw (Open Office), .csv (Comma Separated Value), etc.

export-and-import-spreadsheet-format

Supports most Internet web browser out there – Internet Explorer 6 and above, Mozilla 1.0 and above and more.
EditGrid Sync allows you to backup and sync your spreadsheets from your desktop with the online version.
View, share and edit your spreadsheets in real time. EditGrid RTU (real time update) technology allows you to edit the same spreadsheet at once and you can even see the changes made by others (e.g. adding a cell content) in real time! RTU also make sure that everyone has the latest, up-to-date version of the same spreadsheet.

real-time-spreadsheet-collaboration

Shareable – you can share your online spreadsheet with anyone, even though they are not EditGrid users. All you need is an email address for invitation purpose.
Spreadsheets restrictions – for example: you can allow Jack to view and edit but restrict John to view only a particular spreadsheet.
Live chat – a wonderful addition that spice up collaborative spreadsheet editing.
Lock certain parts of a spreadsheet to disable editing – a great way to prevent anybody from modifying finalized data.
Easily auditable – EditGrid records the last person that made changes to a spreadsheet. You can trace who changes what from sheets to cells.

auditable-sheets-and-cells

Remote data support – EditGrid connects with real time data from the Internet such as the stock market, so you can use it to your advantage. Check out this spreadsheet on the Democrats presidential candidate data.
Easily publish your spreadsheets to blogs and websites using the tools provided.
If you are an advanced user, you can feed and use EditGrid spreadsheet’s data for other external applications too.
EditGrid Finder – a context sensitive search tool for your spreadsheets that displays data in 2D with intersecting cells for more meaningful search results.

I must agree with other EditGrid users that the best feature is the ability to view and edit the same spreadsheet with other people, in real time. With EditGrid online spreadsheet application, there is no more emailing of spreadsheets – everybody can now access, view and edit spreadsheets anywhere, anytime, with anybody that they want. EditGrid is free for personal use, try it today!

You can also check out a post I had written earlier on Zoho, another free service that allows you to create online spreadsheets and collaborate. You can also try out Google Docs, which includes an online spreadsheet app.

This is a guest post by Syahid A. from TechMalaya.com

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