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[Yaz4Ever]

I'm probably the last person to find out that Google Docs is no more - I rarely used it. I now need to share an Excel workbook in real-time with a colleague and tried to upload it to Google Docs only to find out it's been replaced by Google Drive.

What are people using now for sharing spreadsheets in real-time collaboration? Free is best, obviously, but if there aren't any good free options, I'll consider paid options as well.

[CoffeeNerdness]

It's just been re-branded as Google Drive.

[Trautwein's Degree]

I'm pretty sure your answer is Google Drive. http://techland.time...dsheet-editing/

[Yaz4Ever]

CoffeeNerdness - I can't find a way to use spreadsheets with it, though. It seems to only handle Word documents. Then again, I'm very likely a moron.

[Yaz4Ever]

I'm pretty sure your answer is Google Drive. http://techland.time...dsheet-editing/

Thanks, Traut. As I told CoffeeNerdness, I'm obviously just a moron.

[bohous]

Yaz, if you just go to drive.google.com all of the docs and spreadsheets that were in Google Docs should be there. It's just been moved and re-branded as stated.

[dirtynine]

If you truly want a replacement, and Google Drive (which is just a rebranded and expanded Google Docs) isn't working for you, you can give Zoho Docs a try. They made a business model out of recreating (and in some cases improving on) Google Docs functionality. But I'd stick with Google for convenience purposes if you can.

[Jnai]

CoffeeNerdness - I can't find a way to use spreadsheets with it, though. It seems to only handle Word documents. Then again, I'm very likely a moron.

It still does spreadsheets just fine. Sign in, click Create, then click Spreadsheet.

[jercra]

While I get that this is just a matter of not noticing that Google Docs was rebranded Google Drive, I'm surprised to see no one mention MS SkyDrive as a docs replacement. It's just as free and shareable as Google Drive but with all of the features of desktop Excel as far as I can tell.