Many years ago I would use the stock tables to update my hand-drawn charts. I kept the stock tables in a stack in my closet for historical data. My how times have changed.
I think this is a very good idea. I like to use IB's TWS, which essentially looks like a spreadsheet. I find it very useful to put up all the futures and indices I track and just look at the numbers. While I look at charts for system ideas and to check things from time to time, I today mainly look at T&S when trading.