How do i save an excel spreadsheet to Google Sheets

Google Sheets wins on real-time collaboration, browser access, and tight Google Drive/Gmail hooks. Excel still leads for some heavy desktop models and legacy VBA. Pick Sheets when teammates edit together online; pick Excel when you need desktop-only features your workflow already depends on. Many teams use both.

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  1. 1

    List must-have features (collab, offline, VBA, Power Query).

  2. 2

    Trial the same task in Sheets and Excel.

  3. 3

    Choose based on collaboration vs desktop power.

  4. 4

    Export/import (XLSX) when you need to switch.

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