An alternative to Microsoft Excel
Kingsoft Spreadsheets Professional 2012 is a spreadsheet program with some useful features.
Almost identical to Microsoft Excel in appearance, Kingsoft Spreadsheets Professional 2012 is a good alternative that's also compatible with Microsoft's popular spreadsheet application. Consequently, it's able to both read and edit .xls and .xlsx file formats. In addition, Kingsoft Spreadsheets Professional 2012 can also produce other file formats like .et, .txt, .csv, .pdf and .dbf. If you need to send a file you've created on Kingsoft Spreadsheets Professional 2012 to someone who's using Microsoft Excel, they should have no problem opening it.
Kingsoft Spreadsheets Professional 2012 has all the basic features you expect in a spreadsheets application, including a calculator, graphing tools, multiple different spreadsheet template options and other tools for complex data analysis. In addition, Kingsoft Spreadsheets Professional 2012 has two different interface options for you to choose from. One looks like a pre-2007 Microsoft Excel, while the 2012 interface option is a little more colorful and aesthetically pleasing.
There are also some new features that were added specifically to this latest version of Kingsoft Spreadsheets Professional 2012. The program comes with more than 100 commonly used formulas, a multiple tab interface and the ability to encrypt your documents to ensure security.
The nice thing is that if you're familiar with Excel, this processor's interface will be easy to navigate since it's very similar. This program does cost money to purchase a license key, however, which open source alternatives like LibreOffice and Open Office do not. It will ultimately come down to preference as to which spreadsheets program you choose if you're looking for an alternative to Excel.
Kingsoft Spreadsheets Professional 2012 is very similar and a good alternative to Microsoft Word for users who want to try something new with lots of the same features.
