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    From Glenn Betzoldt@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 29 18:02:24 2022
    I want word & excel on my new computer but don't really want to pay $70 a year for Microsoft 365. Anybody have recommendation for a good open source to use?
    Thanks GB

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  • From Frank Whiteley@21:1/5 to Glenn Betzoldt on Tue Nov 29 18:28:46 2022
    On Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at 7:02:27 PM UTC-7, Glenn Betzoldt wrote:
    I want word & excel on my new computer but don't really want to pay $70 a year for Microsoft 365. Anybody have recommendation for a good open source to use?
    Thanks GB
    Libreoffice.org

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  • From Frank Whiteley@21:1/5 to Glenn Betzoldt on Tue Nov 29 18:31:15 2022
    On Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at 7:02:27 PM UTC-7, Glenn Betzoldt wrote:
    I want word & excel on my new computer but don't really want to pay $70 a year for Microsoft 365. Anybody have recommendation for a good open source to use?
    Thanks GB
    You can also maybe install Linux Mint Cinnamon, but depends what other software you're running. It will install Libreoffice during the installation.

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  • From Charlie Finn@21:1/5 to All on Wed Nov 30 01:28:44 2022
    I use the Google suite of apps. When you open google.com, look for the square of nine dots on the left. You'll see the suite of apps available.

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  • From Tim Newport-Peace@21:1/5 to Glenn Betzoldt on Wed Nov 30 11:19:15 2022
    On 30/11/2022 02:02, Glenn Betzoldt wrote:
    I want word & excel on my new computer but don't really want to pay $70 a year for Microsoft 365. Anybody have recommendation for a good open source to use?
    Thanks GB
    Office 2021 (download version) is available at a reasonable price
    ($9.61) or so they say, not tried it myself but %10 is not much to lose.

    https://www.gamers-outlet.net/microsoft-office-2021-professional-plus-iso?language=en&currency=USD

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  • From Glenn Betzoldt@21:1/5 to Tim Newport-Peace on Wed Nov 30 04:45:16 2022
    On Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 6:19:19 AM UTC-5, Tim Newport-Peace wrote:
    On 30/11/2022 02:02, Glenn Betzoldt wrote:
    I want word & excel on my new computer but don't really want to pay $70 a year for Microsoft 365. Anybody have recommendation for a good open source to use?
    Thanks GB
    Office 2021 (download version) is available at a reasonable price
    ($9.61) or so they say, not tried it myself but %10 is not much to lose.

    https://www.gamers-outlet.net/microsoft-office-2021-professional-plus-iso?language=en&currency=USD
    Thanks
    GB

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  • From Martin Gregorie@21:1/5 to Glenn Betzoldt on Wed Nov 30 14:08:08 2022
    On Tue, 29 Nov 2022 18:02:24 -0800 (PST), Glenn Betzoldt wrote:

    I want word & excel on my new computer but don't really want to pay $70
    a year for Microsoft 365. Anybody have recommendation for a good open
    source to use?
    Thanks GB

    Try LibreOffice - download from https://www.libreoffice.org/



    --

    Martin | martin at
    Gregorie | gregorie dot org

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  • From Craig Reinholt@21:1/5 to Glenn Betzoldt on Wed Nov 30 07:54:14 2022
    On Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at 6:02:27 PM UTC-8, Glenn Betzoldt wrote:
    I want word & excel on my new computer but don't really want to pay $70 a year for Microsoft 365. Anybody have recommendation for a good open source to use?
    Thanks GB

    Apache OpenOffice is excellent. Give it a try. A friend suggested it who had installed it on all of his company's business computers.
    https://www.openoffice.org/download/

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  • From Moshe Braner@21:1/5 to Martin Gregorie on Wed Nov 30 16:58:10 2022
    On 11/30/2022 9:08 AM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
    On Tue, 29 Nov 2022 18:02:24 -0800 (PST), Glenn Betzoldt wrote:

    I want word & excel on my new computer but don't really want to pay $70
    a year for Microsoft 365. Anybody have recommendation for a good open
    source to use?
    Thanks GB

    Try LibreOffice - download from https://www.libreoffice.org/


    LibreOffice is OK, almost but not 100% compatible with Microsoft Office documents.

    If you must have full compatibility, you can look around for an unused
    (sealed) copy of Microsoft Office 2010 or 2013. Can buy on ebay for
    about $50. That is from before their approach went from "own" to
    "rent". And in my opinion those versions (2010 & 2013 which are almost identical) were the best versions, it's been downhill since.

    They've also sold a certain number of later versions (2016, 2019) with perpetual licenses, you may find that too.

    Just be sure to only buy a sealed specimen from a trusted seller, or you
    may have trouble getting it "registered" after the installation.

    Or you can use the Google apps, and suffer with them being slow, and
    have Google spy on your documents :-)

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  • From Frank Whiteley@21:1/5 to Moshe Braner on Thu Dec 1 07:34:57 2022
    On Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 2:58:13 PM UTC-7, Moshe Braner wrote:
    On 11/30/2022 9:08 AM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
    On Tue, 29 Nov 2022 18:02:24 -0800 (PST), Glenn Betzoldt wrote:

    I want word & excel on my new computer but don't really want to pay $70 >> a year for Microsoft 365. Anybody have recommendation for a good open
    source to use?
    Thanks GB

    Try LibreOffice - download from https://www.libreoffice.org/

    LibreOffice is OK, almost but not 100% compatible with Microsoft Office documents.

    If you must have full compatibility, you can look around for an unused (sealed) copy of Microsoft Office 2010 or 2013. Can buy on ebay for
    about $50. That is from before their approach went from "own" to
    "rent". And in my opinion those versions (2010 & 2013 which are almost identical) were the best versions, it's been downhill since.

    They've also sold a certain number of later versions (2016, 2019) with perpetual licenses, you may find that too.

    Just be sure to only buy a sealed specimen from a trusted seller, or you
    may have trouble getting it "registered" after the installation.

    Or you can use the Google apps, and suffer with them being slow, and
    have Google spy on your documents :-)
    Google Dashboard Workspace Status Dashboard is an interesting feed. Since I don't use many of the services, I'm seldom affected that I notice.
    And Microsoft doesn't spy? Awful lot of telemetry data by default.
    2013 SP1 reaches End of Life (security) in 4 months. Support ended over 4 years ago. 2010 ended a while back. I liked it.
    Openoffice is okay and still supports 32 bit systems. Libreoffice is rather better IMVHO. 100% compatibility would affect maybe 5 in 1000 users. Not really a problem for most users who never touch the advanced features. Most members of my local
    computer user group over the past 25 have never touched Access, which is okay for quick and dirty projects, but can struggle with moderate data. FWIW, I provided three chapters with all C/GL and F/GL ratings within a 100-120 miles radius in the past
    couple of days. Access and Excel made this relatively easy.

    That said, if you have multiple devices, Microsoft 365 Family is not terribly expensive for the number of devices and cloud storage and fine for our family.

    YMMV

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  • From acehu11@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Glenn Betzoldt on Sat Dec 3 05:42:23 2022
    On Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at 9:02:27 PM UTC-5, Glenn Betzoldt wrote:
    I want word & excel on my new computer but don't really want to pay $70 a year for Microsoft 365. Anybody have recommendation for a good open source to use?
    Thanks GB

    Microsoft Office is on sale for $99 right now, full license, non-subscription. Check amazon or other retailers.
    https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B09H7GPR1G

    -adrian

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  • From Tim Newport-Peace@21:1/5 to ace...@gmail.com on Sat Dec 3 14:53:36 2022
    On 03/12/2022 13:42, ace...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at 9:02:27 PM UTC-5, Glenn Betzoldt wrote:
    I want word & excel on my new computer but don't really want to pay $70 a year for Microsoft 365. Anybody have recommendation for a good open source to use?
    Thanks GB

    Microsoft Office is on sale for $99 right now, full license, non-subscription. Check amazon or other retailers.
    https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B09H7GPR1G

    Why? When Office 2021 (download version) is available at a more
    reasonable price of $9.61?

    https://www.gamers-outlet.net/microsoft-office-2021-professional-plus-iso?language=en&currency=USD

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  • From Zohaib Rauf@21:1/5 to Tim Newport-Peace on Sat Dec 3 21:30:17 2022
    You can use Word/Excel/PowerPoint online version for free https://www.office.com/launch/word

    On Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 6:53:36 AM UTC-8, Tim Newport-Peace wrote:
    On 03/12/2022 13:42, ace...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at 9:02:27 PM UTC-5, Glenn Betzoldt wrote:
    I want word & excel on my new computer but don't really want to pay $70 a year for Microsoft 365. Anybody have recommendation for a good open source to use?
    Thanks GB

    Microsoft Office is on sale for $99 right now, full license, non-subscription. Check amazon or other retailers.
    https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B09H7GPR1G

    Why? When Office 2021 (download version) is available at a more
    reasonable price of $9.61?

    https://www.gamers-outlet.net/microsoft-office-2021-professional-plus-iso?language=en&currency=USD

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