Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Google calc trouble Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:20:43 +0200 Lines: 50 Message-ID: References: <111vp0v$stoi$1@dont-email.me> <1120npv$16b4e$3@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net c0N3OZJx2DS8yxiI2nNnNA4kdn6uC48eZvVKx6wiIwHdpzGofV Cancel-Lock: sha1:4EzWF1Rl+XEwkDyl+FGjBT2ODYc= sha256:oLMutmLfClIFEkg8BRqGgvJgG78+7VWO7JggsMTJxRU= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <1120npv$16b4e$3@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.android:154321 On 2026-06-30 17:36, Arno Welzel wrote: > Carlos E. R., 2026-06-30 11:19: > >> On 2026-06-30 08:51, Arno Welzel wrote: >>> Carlos E. R., 2026-06-29 11:53: >>> >>>> I have been using Google Calc spread sheet for some years, to track how >>>> much gasoline I buy for the car, and how many kilometres it does. >>>> >>>> Well, one day it lost me entries. It said there was some sync problem, >>>> maybe it had stored a local copy that did not match the cloud version. >>>> Now that file is impossible to open in the phone, it stalls. I could >>>> open it on the computer and save to a different name, but one or two >>>> lines are lost. >>>> >>>> It's done it again. Can't open the file in the phone. >>> >>> That's the reason, why we have a thing called "backup" ;-). >> >> Seriously? >> >> How would I do a backup while driving? > > I wouldn't. My files are backed up automatically. See my other post > about that. > > [...]>> There is also OpenOffice for Android which works quite well: >>> >>> >> >> >> No, there is not. It is a viewer only. > > I use it - not as a viewer only. > >>> I never used Google Office products in my life, so I can't tell. >> >> Sigh. > > Maybe the right opportunity to think about your choice of using Google > Docs instead of alternatives. Google docs is the first hit I found, and it did the job with comfort. Now I have something else. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;