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2das to gdas...an alternative?


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Lady Honor

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Is there an alternative to using excel for compiling 2das or am I just going to have to bite the bullet and buy a new copy of Microsoft office?

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Excelprocessor converts the files to GDAs.  GDApp can be used to edit the GDA files or to create new GDA files.

 

I haven't started with an Excel spreadsheet for years. 


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It's certainly the most expedient method. While GDApp is useful, it's a bit clunky when trying to deal with large GDAs. You could try OpenOffice, LibreOffice, etc. and see if their XLS compatibility has improved any in the last few years.
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ok! thanks bunches! I'll try that.

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OpenOffice has not improved (or if it has, I pity those who used it before the improvement)

 

I agree that GDApp is a bit clunky, but I kept finding myself changing 'one more thing' after I created the GDA.  Over time, I found that I was taking the shortcut of going straight to the gda instead of starting in Excel.



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yeah I'm constantly having to add to mine. I just downloaded it. I'll try it out when I get home.

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OpenOffice has not improved (or if it has, I pity those who used it before the improvement)

Yeah that wouldn't surprise me. I've run into issues with its Word compatibility (or lack thereof) a few times over the years playing friend and family tech support.

It seems Google Docs has dropped XLS export altogether now. It only does XLSX.

Edit: There's always the option I suggested a few years back - http://forum.bioware...oob/?p=12018755

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duh! I am so dumb. I read that link and when I got to the part where someone mentioned 'notebook' I remembered I still have it on my laptop. Lol I'll just put them all on a flash drive and do them in bulk.

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seriously my brain is fried. I have struggled with win 10 all weekend. it's not that friendly for someone who was still using xp. lol