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Google Spreadsheets is the spreadsheet application in the Google Docs suite. Unlike the Google Docs word processor and Presentations presentation application, both of which were acquired from third-party companies, Google Spreadsheets was born in Google Labs. It was also the first application in the Google Docs suite, which makes Google Spreadsheets the most fully developed of all the Google Docs applications.

In fact, Google Spreadsheets has evolved a lot over the years, from an “Excel lite” type of application to a fairly robust spreadsheet program that even sophisticated users can appreciate. Unless your needs are overly advanced, you’re apt to find Google Spreadsheets a worthy competitor to and replacement for the venerable Microsoft Excel.