free excel?

virgin_moneysaver

my new laptop does not come with microsoft office - are there any free downloads, I only need a version of word processor & excel spreadsheet thanx

CoolHotCold

Go with OpenOffice if you want to use a compatible program, if you have to use Word and Excel from Microsoft then purchase the program

[Deleted User]

Hi,

yup, I'll second Open Office.

GeoffX

Or LibreOffice, which is what many of Open Office's developers are working on now that Oracle owns OO.

esuhl

LibreOffice (LO) seems to be the more "open" fork of OpenOffice (OO), as Oracle bought Sun (who owned OO) and have upset a lot of the OO developers with their plans for world domination or something!

It's a shame neither are fully compatible with MS Office, but most common features in MS Office are available in LO and OO.

DCFC79

Open office,

esuhl

DCFC79 wrote: »

Open office,

Why choose OpenOffice over LibreOffice?

I understand that most of the develeopers of OO have moved to LO, but is there a particular reason to prefer OO?

prowla

If you need to view Excel documents without editing them, there is a free viewer app available from Microsoft.

buglawton

MS Works seems to be bundled on some new Win7 Netbooks / Laptops. Do you have MS Works on your machine? It has a reasonable Ad-supported Spreadsheet and Document editor that is free to use and no expiry (apparently).

DCFC79

esuhl wrote: »

Why choose OpenOffice over LibreOffice?

I understand that most of the develeopers of OO have moved to LO, but is there a particular reason to prefer OO?

because ive used open office and not used libre office, i have used another free 1 but cant think of the name,

think it was made by sun but not sure

victor2

Of course if you're a student, you can get MS Office Pro from software4students for less than £40.