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Downloadable software compatible with ms office

theGrinch
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any suggestions of something i can download and use for existing excel and word documents
i have docs stored on onedrive but dont always have net access to access
thanks
i have docs stored on onedrive but dont always have net access to access
thanks
"enough is a feast"...old Buddist proverb
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And how do you propose to access to the Onedrive when you dont' have internet?Anyway Libre Office will open the files.1
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Obvious choice is to buy a cheap version of MS Office. Otherwise +1 for Libre Office, a free open-source alternative.0
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Libra, Open and Free Office are the main three, there are a few niche items if you're dealing with legal documents for example.
When you want alternatives to Access, Visio and Project it can be a bit more difficult
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You can get 15 months of the genuine article for £36 and avoid the hassle of figuring out Libre
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Go with Libreoffice.
If you want to do any editing then you can change the default Save As format to Microsoft standards somewhere within the settings (could be in General). I did work for a large UK based charity which ran everything in Word and Excel but I had no issues using Libreoffice as an alternative.0 -
The free apps probably cover greater than 95% of most users needs with a slighy different look a d feel to them ( which is not necessarily a downside).The areas they can fail to meet needs are some of the advanced features, templates ( provided by other users for special activities and programmed code ( VBA ) though most of these are often not required for basic use by the casual user.Download one of the suggestions and give it a go. For free what is there to loose?0
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Heedtheadvice said:The free apps probably cover greater than 95% of most users needs with a slighy different look a d feel to them ( which is not necessarily a downside).The areas they can fail to meet needs are some of the advanced features, templates ( provided by other users for special activities and programmed code ( VBA ) though most of these are often not required for basic use by the casual user.Download one of the suggestions and give it a go. For free what is there to loose?Libreoffice does support a good chunk of VBA, though its not complete:1
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DullGreyGuy said:Libra, Open and Free Office are the main three
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