Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet for this computer: first setup

Setting up a spreadsheet on this computer means installing Desktop Editors from a verified door, launching once, and saving a local workbook before you touch cloud connectors.

Sheet-grid frame standing in for a local spreadsheet workbook with formula bar and cells.
Geometry stand-in for the local spreadsheet workbook until a licensed UI shot is available. Sheet Quill original sheet-grid geometry for this install guide (not an Ascensio System product logo).

Pick the door for this OS

Windows desks should run winget or DesktopEditors_x64.exe. macOS desks should run brew cask onlyoffice or the matching dmg. Linux desks should run the AppImage or deb from the same GitHub tag.

winget install -e --id ONLYOFFICE.DesktopEditors
brew install --cask onlyoffice

Prove the install

  1. Launch the editors. Confirm the window opens after UAC or Gatekeeper.
  2. Create a sheet. Type a few numbers and a simple formula.
  3. Save locally. Write an .xlsx to a folder you control.
  4. Reopen the file. Confirm values persist after restart.
  5. Record the door. Note winget, brew, or Releases on a card.

Optional cloud later

ONLYOFFICE ecosystems can connect to DocSpace or Workspace. That step is optional. A spreadsheet on this computer does not require those seats for local files. Prove offline saves first.

If this computer is locked down by IT policy, stop and ask for an approved package channel instead of forcing a portal exe.

Shared computer notes

On shared PCs, install per-machine when possible and keep workbooks in user profile folders. Avoid saving private budgets to the public Desktop. Uninstall with the same channel you used to install when the desk is retired.

Return to spreadsheet home for the panel. Read first hour for the longer checklist. Read download safe before any mirror temptation.

Windows specifics

After winget or the exe finishes, start the editors from the Start Menu. SmartScreen may appear on first run of a freshly downloaded exe. Confirm publisher details from RESEARCH before continuing.

Prefer x64 builds on x64 Windows. Use ARM builds only on ARM hardware. Mixing architectures is a common lab mistake.

macOS specifics

Drag the app from the dmg into Applications when you skip brew. Grant Open if Gatekeeper asks. Brew cask onlyoffice keeps upgrades in the Homebrew habit many mac desks already use.

Linux specifics

Mark the AppImage executable, then run it. Deb installs integrate with apt. Either way, open a sheet once and save before you customize UI themes.

Sheet-grid panel with formula bar and column headers beside a grid.
Sheet-grid panel used across this install guide for the DesktopEditors_x64.exe path. Sheet Quill original sheet-grid geometry for this install guide (not an Ascensio System product logo).

A spreadsheet for this computer succeeds when the next person can find the update door without asking you on chat. Write it down. Keep it boring.

Related: releases, GitHub, Windows guide, macOS guide, Linux guide.

Travel laptops should carry the same discipline: one door, one proof workbook, one bookmark. A second mystery installer in Downloads only creates support noise when formulas look wrong after an accidental double install.

When this computer is a loaner, uninstall cleanly before return. Use winget uninstall, brew uninstall --cask, or remove the AppImage and desktop entry. Leaving orphan editors confuses the next borrower who also searched for spreadsheet tools.

Operational habits that stick

Write the install door on a physical card. Rehearse one spreadsheet save after every OS reimage. Decline mystery Drive zips even when a friend insists the file is fine.

  • Store the GitHub Releases URL beside winget and brew commands in the wiki.
  • Keep personal budgets out of shared folders.
  • Keep shared templates in a known path.

When audits arrive, show the AGPL-3.0 licence URL, the repo URL, and the asset name you installed.

If performance feels slow, close unused workbooks, check available RAM, and test the same file on another machine before blaming the installer.

Training new users takes fifteen minutes: open the home panel, run the Copy command, finish prompts, save one sheet.

Checklist before you leave the page

  1. Confirm the door. Stay on GitHub Releases, winget, or brew only for this spreadsheet path so mirrors never enter the ticket.
  2. Match the filename. Prefer DesktopEditors_x64.exe on Windows x64 desks and refuse renamed portal setups.
  3. Prove a save. One local .xlsx workbook is enough evidence that the editors landed correctly.
  4. Write it down. The next person at the desk should not have to guess which door you used.

Windows

winget ONLYOFFICE.DesktopEditors or DesktopEditors_x64.exe.

macOS

brew cask onlyoffice or the matching dmg.

Linux

AppImage or amd64 deb from the same tag.

Return to the spreadsheet pillar for the Copy row when you are ready to install.