Spreadsheets are Spread Too Thin
Announcement posted by FileMaker 06 Jan 2004
FileMaker launches Website that Helps Microsoft Excel users to convert spreadsheets into easier-to-use solutions
For the millions of number-crunching Microsoft Excel users who are sometimes frustrated by the limitations of spreadsheets, FileMaker, Inc. has launched a Drag, Drop and Go website that demonstrates how easily Excel users can convert spreadsheet information into an easy-to-use database. The Drag, Drop and Go site includes a $100 Mail in rebate for Excel users who purchase FileMaker Pro 6, single user package (full, upgrade or education versions) between 1 January and 26 March 2004. Users will also receive a 1 hour free FileMaker training CD plus a free 16-page guide on using FileMaker Pro together with Excel, written by noted technology author Maria Langer.
Visitors to www.filemaker.com/excel can experience first-hand how easy it is to simply drag-and-drop an Excel spreadsheet onto a FileMaker Pro icon to convert Excel spreadsheets to a FileMaker Pro database in just seconds. The Excel web site also features tips and techniques for exchanging data between Excel and FileMaker Pro applications, plus everything you need to know to easily transform Excel spreadsheets into rich, powerful solutions that can be customised.
Excel is the standard for financial spreadsheets, but spreadsheets are often spread too thin when people try to use them for managing and sharing non-numerical information such as contact lists, said Maria Langer, who has authored several books on Microsoft Excel, FileMaker Pro and Quicken. FileMaker is the perfect complement to Excel in real data applications, since you can simply drag and drop an Excel spreadsheet into a FileMaker database and immediately realise the benefits of moving your data from a spreadsheet to a database.
Choosing the Right Tool
With FileMaker Pro working in concert with Excel, workgroups, departments and small businesses now can choose the right data management tool for the right jobs.
We have used Excel and FileMaker Pro together for so long that, in our minds, the two programs are tightly integrated, says Jeff Lochowicz, Marquettes assistant dean of admissions. Its not easy to remember how we used to do things.
Excel is great for categorising data, for preparing reports and for performing complex calculations. Plus, most people are familiar with it. FileMaker allows us to take Excel to the next level, Lochowicz says. Now, we can query data, simply drag-and-drop Excel into FileMaker and quickly find the specific information were interested in. FileMaker allows us to access data in a meaningful way, rather than presenting people with a series of data elements for them to interpret.
Most lab researchers use Excel in some capacity to manage lab data. Since the interface between Excel and FileMaker is so easy, its simple to extend Excel beyond disjointed sets of spreadsheets to a FileMaker Pro relational database, says Dr. Robert Williams, of the University of Tennessees Informatics Centre of Mouse Neurogenetics.
About FileMaker
FileMaker is a leader in workgroup databases and workgroup information solutions. Unlike complex database software, the FileMaker intuitive interface empowers knowledge workers to create and share rich solutions. The award-winning FileMaker line of database software provides relational power, instant and custom Web publishing and legendary ease-of-use. FileMaker, Inc. is the database software subsidiary of Apple Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). (www.filemaker.com.au)
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Visitors to www.filemaker.com/excel can experience first-hand how easy it is to simply drag-and-drop an Excel spreadsheet onto a FileMaker Pro icon to convert Excel spreadsheets to a FileMaker Pro database in just seconds. The Excel web site also features tips and techniques for exchanging data between Excel and FileMaker Pro applications, plus everything you need to know to easily transform Excel spreadsheets into rich, powerful solutions that can be customised.
Excel is the standard for financial spreadsheets, but spreadsheets are often spread too thin when people try to use them for managing and sharing non-numerical information such as contact lists, said Maria Langer, who has authored several books on Microsoft Excel, FileMaker Pro and Quicken. FileMaker is the perfect complement to Excel in real data applications, since you can simply drag and drop an Excel spreadsheet into a FileMaker database and immediately realise the benefits of moving your data from a spreadsheet to a database.
Choosing the Right Tool
With FileMaker Pro working in concert with Excel, workgroups, departments and small businesses now can choose the right data management tool for the right jobs.
We have used Excel and FileMaker Pro together for so long that, in our minds, the two programs are tightly integrated, says Jeff Lochowicz, Marquettes assistant dean of admissions. Its not easy to remember how we used to do things.
Excel is great for categorising data, for preparing reports and for performing complex calculations. Plus, most people are familiar with it. FileMaker allows us to take Excel to the next level, Lochowicz says. Now, we can query data, simply drag-and-drop Excel into FileMaker and quickly find the specific information were interested in. FileMaker allows us to access data in a meaningful way, rather than presenting people with a series of data elements for them to interpret.
Most lab researchers use Excel in some capacity to manage lab data. Since the interface between Excel and FileMaker is so easy, its simple to extend Excel beyond disjointed sets of spreadsheets to a FileMaker Pro relational database, says Dr. Robert Williams, of the University of Tennessees Informatics Centre of Mouse Neurogenetics.
About FileMaker
FileMaker is a leader in workgroup databases and workgroup information solutions. Unlike complex database software, the FileMaker intuitive interface empowers knowledge workers to create and share rich solutions. The award-winning FileMaker line of database software provides relational power, instant and custom Web publishing and legendary ease-of-use. FileMaker, Inc. is the database software subsidiary of Apple Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). (www.filemaker.com.au)
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2004 FileMaker, Inc. All rights reserved. FileMaker is a trademark of FileMaker, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.