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Civil service pension - Buying added pension by monthly contribution

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  • westv
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    NedS said:
    QrizB said:
    westv said:
    Question connected to the CSPS. Why do they continue to require access to a full version of MS Excel to use most of their calculators rather than moving them all to Web based?
    I've not tried (I'm not in the CSPS) but can you not open their calculators in Excel Online? Or do they use functions that Excel Online doesn't support?
    OpenOffice or LibreOffice are freely available and able to open MS Excel files for those who do not have access to MS Office.

    You need macros. I don't think macros work on the online version of Excel and neither do they work on the above.
  • NedS
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    westv said:
    NedS said:
    QrizB said:
    westv said:
    Question connected to the CSPS. Why do they continue to require access to a full version of MS Excel to use most of their calculators rather than moving them all to Web based?
    I've not tried (I'm not in the CSPS) but can you not open their calculators in Excel Online? Or do they use functions that Excel Online doesn't support?
    OpenOffice or LibreOffice are freely available and able to open MS Excel files for those who do not have access to MS Office.

    You need macros. I don't think macros work on the online version of Excel and neither do they work on the above.

    LibreOffice works fine for me for the Added Pension calculator. I've not used any of their other calculators.
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