Which spreadsheet program should instructors/learners use for this lesson?

[maneesha]

In the Setup section, we have users install Libreoffice, which sets the assumption that Libreoffice will be used for this lesson. However, in the next episode we say we are assuming the user is using Excel.

Perhaps change this language:

For this lesson, if you don’t have a spreadsheet program already, you can use LibreOffice. It’s a free, open source spreadsheet program.

to something like:

For this lesson, we assume you will be using Excel. If you don’t have Excel, you can use LibreOffice. It’s a free, open source spreadsheet program.

[morskyjezek]

Thank you, this is a good point. The lesson basically assumes users are working in Excel. (And the data provided, as noted in a previous issue #148 is provided in Excel format. I'll work on adding a more accurate and potentially inclusive language as you suggest.

[mchiapello]

Hi @morskyjezek, are you working on the issue? Do you need help?

[morskyjezek]

Hi, I realize that I haven't made progress on this issue. Any assistance or help would be welcome. Looking back, it seems like the language maneesha proposed would work well?