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A comment on Google Docs Ditching Old Microsoft Export Formats(.doc, .xls, .ppt) on October 1. Parent comment

Re:Google Docs Ditching Old Microsoft Export Formats(.doc, .... by brudgers on Wednesday September 26, 2012 @08:41PM (#4578767)
It's easier to justify when you don't have customers, just data sources.

The reason to support .xls is that lots of other software besides Microsoft office use it and thus lots of people benefit from compatibility.

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Re:Google Docs Ditching Old Microsoft Export Formats(.doc, .... by wahnfrieden on Thursday September 27, 2012 @10:42AM (#4580913)
You can still import it, you just can't export to an especially old version of .xls.
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