Microsoft office

Neil49

Libre office gets my vote as well.

phoebe03cat

Thanks very much for your comments

J_B

Jazzy_B wrote: »

I'd go for Libre Office too

Me too, but a recent 'government' spreadsheet with macros would only work with M$ Excel

A._Badger

For non-obvious reasons, I had a lot of problems with Libre Office when I recently decided to try it as an 'upgrade' from Open Office. After battling with it for a couple of weeks, I've now switched back to Open Office, which works very well, in my experience, and is highly recommended.

macman

J_B wrote: »

Me too, but a recent 'government' spreadsheet with macros would only work with M$ Excel

Correct, but the vast majority of Office users do not use macros (or indeed 90% of the advanced features of MS Office). For a spreadsheet containing family history data, Libre Office will surely do the job.

-TangleFoot-

macman wrote: »

family history data

Wouldn't GEDCOM be better for that sort of thing?

swingaloo

Flaming Windows 8. I hate it!!!! I've just tried to download both Libra and Open Office and both have come up with messages saying they are not compatible with my system.
I've got a brand new Laptop for xmas with Windows 8 and am reverting to my little old one for allsorts, cant download pics to Ebay etc. I just HATE Windows 8

RANT OVER!

-TangleFoot-

swingaloo wrote: »

...not compatible with my system.

LibreOffice System Requirements:

Microsoft Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4 or higher), XP, Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8

What exactly is the nature of the problem?

Icey370

When I didn't have Microsoft office, I used open office worked well