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The non-technical people in my life did not realize you don’t need Office to open Office documents. This important when they interact with accountants, lawyers
by appleiigs 8y ago
The non-technical people in my life did not realize you don’t need Office to open Office documents. This important when they interact with accountants, lawyers and such.
Once I show them Libre, they still want Office because Libre looks like it’s from Excel 2003 era and loses credibility in their eyes.
Then I show them Google Docs and Sheets and it looks nice. Literally all they need is something that looks modern. But in fact Google apps have actually been quite slick. Perfect amount of functionality at the moment. Google seems to follow keyboard behaviour and shortcuts for easy transition (especially Excel). Hope Google doesn’t bloat their apps over time.
- jki275 8y agoAll of those applications are ok if you don't actually need to produce commercial documents. Libreoffice and Google Docs aren't good enough, and if you're doing anything other than basic data presentation with Excel it's not compatible with any of them.
- y4mi 8y agoGoogle sheets isn't the only option available though. You can even use Microsoft's own online implementation if you want compatibility to excel (without vba) https://office.live.com/start/Excel.aspx https://office.live.com/start/Excel.aspx
- jki275 8y agoThose are limited subsets of functionality, and vba isn't all that's not there.