HP Prime - more than a spreadsheet app so far
Message #1 Posted by CR Haeger on 8 Nov 2013, 3:45 p.m.
I put the spreadsheet app to use this week at work for a simple task of tracking results (runs) of a test. Overall I was quite pleased with its power, portability and utility.
Some positives:
* Creating this new spreadsheet app using SAVE worked fine
* Format/Name for the Column headers works pretty well.
* Used formulas like = 123 + Row/100 to get an increasing list 123.01, 123.02 etc...
* Used formulas like = B3*C3*MyVar to bring in MyVar as well as the cell values B3, C3
* Also used a local named cell in formulas without issues. Like that these are outlined automatically.
* App Functions, like Sum() worked fine
* Really nice to be able to do unit conversions function "=convert()", have them show the units AND update automatically. This is pretty powerful in my view - especially if other functions will work.
* Good to be able to format the cells as needed. Used number, font, fill and align to make it easy to follow.
* Select and Shift copy/paste (1,5) worked well
* Although I setup and used this entirely with the calculator, it was nice to be able to SEND this to the emulator for backup, polishing and setting up as an ongoing template.
* Nice to be able to get the screenshot starting the conn kit and "get screen capture". I saved this to a folder then sent to my team as a jpeg via email.
Some negatives(may be operator error or real)
* After naming Columns, I had to keep counting over (A,B,C...) to refer to these columns in formulas. Wish I could refer to their new names.
* Formatting widths/heights a little tricky (-1 vs guessing 25,30...)
* Keying in alpha using the calculator is tedious, mainly due to the "invisible orange" print. Typed in a couple of letters then polished up in emulator.
* Maybe different or more subtle Fill colors might be useful.
* Taking field values on calculator --> conn kit screen shots --> email is still a little clunky.
I may spend more time in this app as home or CAS views :)
Best,
Carl
Edited: 9 Nov 2013, 7:02 a.m.
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