> Uwe Brauer writes: > The big problem here is that there is no single format understood by all > these different programs which you can use. While CSV works OK for data, > it does not support formulas and other meta data. In particular, > translating formulas is a real challenge. > I went down this rabbit hole some years back i.e. having a workflow > which allowed me to interact with others who used Excel and allowing me > to use org mode. > It took hours and hours of additional work and never worked reliably > because > - I never found a way of 'exporting' to a format which could be imported > by Excel and included formulas > - None of the Excel export formats support full export of Excel - > especially at the meta data level i.e. Visual Basic macros and other > 'objects'. Workbooks were a real pain. So if I understand you correctly you exported/imported formulas *manually*. One of the problems I face is the fact that org-table formulas are column based and show as such, while excel and friends only reveal the formula for a cell and so one is forced to take care of this difference, manually.