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I was going to say that... I love it when a Government site makes me download a MS Word or Excel file. So I need to either buy a Microsoft product or trust OSS
by throwaway2016a 11y ago
I was going to say that... I love it when a Government site makes me download a MS Word or Excel file. So I need to either buy a Microsoft product or trust OSS solutions that often mangle the document (through no fault of their own... reverse engineering a proprietary file format is difficult and displaying it the exact same is even harder).
- matthewrhoden1 11y agoWhile you can't edit, you can view for free: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=4 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=4 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=10 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=10
- throwaway2016a 11y agoIt's good to know that exists. For what it's worth, I have a Mac so those won't work. I don't have the time right now to search microsoft.com for a Mac version so I reserve judgment until then :)
- rz2k 11y agoMicrosoft provides Windows images you can run in VirtualBox if you want to try it out. https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/mac/ https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/v...
- daveloyall 11y agoObligatory "That's gratis, not libre!"
- slrz 11y agoEh. Supported Operating System Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, Windows Vista, Windows XP Service Pack 2 Windows 7 So to view these propriatary document formats I'd first have to buy and set up a whole proprietary operating system?