Thursday, February 6, 2014

What are the advantages and disatvanages of spreadsheets over pen and paper?

What are the advantages and disatvanages of spreadsheets over pen and paper?
Advantages areAbility to enter a formula complex or Non-complex and by changing the data use the same formula countless times in a what if scenario.Copy and paste to X amount of cells - saving hours of recalcualtion on large sypheresCalculate large amonts of interactive formulas when only one number is changed in base dataCalculate through 255 sheets of complex dataimport - export data to other systems thus linking a range of data sourcesSave the users significant hours hours calculatingmultiple print optionsdoubles as a databaseCuts down entry / calculating errors- Pen / PaperNone of the aboveincreased issues of humans writing down data thus mis-calculatingcannot save huge complex data files on a 30mmx15mm usb penUsing spreadsheed someone has entered complex calculations in to reduces the human ability to learn and use maths

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