Templates are available for the popular spreadsheet applications such as Microsoft Excel (both standalone and online versions), Google Sheets (either in Google Drive or G Suite) and OpenOffice Calc the free Office software suite from Apache. With the right knowledge a wide range of free spreadsheet templates can be found online supplied by the respective spreadsheet application developers to help create various business and personal spreadsheets such as invoice templates, payroll, cash flow, calendars, employee timesheets, project plans, and balance sheets.

Finding Free Spreadsheet Templates

Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets and OpenOffice Calc all have free spreadsheet templates that can be found from within the application, if you know where to look! There is a good range of templates available, ranging from simple household budget templates, balance sheet templates, income statement template, cash flow templates and payslip templates. In Excel and OpenOffice the templates are located in the main window with a further online template gallery available online that has a wide range of free spreadsheet templates. In Google Sheets (both in Google Drive and G Suite) the template gallery can be found by opening "Sheets home" in the top left and selecting "Template gallery" for an expanded list of templates.