Taz
Journeyman Pro
Our package is up for renewal, £60.
Is there anything else worth considering, only really use word and Excel.
Is there anything else worth considering, only really use word and Excel.
Microsoft office sub.
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Google. Docs and sheets .. both outstanding
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Google Sheets is ok for basic stuff. And there are other free packages.
For the sake of £60, I’d stick with Microsoft.
For the sake of £60, I’d stick with Microsoft.
Taz
Journeyman Pro
I'm guessing we need to an MS product to open legacy documents and spreadsheets ?
2019 product with lifetime licence
https://www.wowcher.co.uk/deal/shop/electricals/computing/e/microsoft-office-home-student
2019 product with lifetime licence
https://www.wowcher.co.uk/deal/shop/electricals/computing/e/microsoft-office-home-student
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How basic tho? It can handle a lot of coding to be fair
I've written sheets and codes in Google sheets that are decent level and they still work and guy I work with wrote us a very clever sheet to track stock and I can get it open and fully working in Google sheets
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Another thing sheets and docs can do is open them just copy them into Google drive and open them
jim8flog
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I keep getting this on my facebook page they accept paypal so seems little risk
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I still use 2007 because it does all I want it for. I only upgraded form 1997 because I had compatibility issues when I was on the committee.
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I still use 2007 because it does all I want it for. I only upgraded form 1997 because I had compatibility issues when I was on the committee.
Foxholer
Blackballed
I'm the same! I acquired Office 2007 lifetime and it works for me - and I dislike Microsoft as a company!
Google Sheets does similar to Excel, but the differences/quirks get up my nose! And I dislike Google as a company even more than I do Microsoft!
rulefan
Tour Winner
I'm still using Lotus SmartSuite Millennium Edition and I have an 'MS employee' 2007 gold disk. If I need to send stuff to others I save as .xls or .doc
Foxholer
Blackballed
Well, given that I first encountered PCs in 1982, I've used a few packages - starting with Lotus on the original IBM PC. Not sure which was the first WP I used though, as there were quite a few competing.
Back on track, I'd suggest a 'lifetime license' makes sense. The only downside is that's all you get (no upgrades). But that doesn't worry me and looks like it would be fine for the OP too.
Get the Professional version though. There were limitations on the Home/Student one, though can't remember where.
backwoodsman
Tour Winner
You could try OpenOffice - it has (broadly) the equivalents of all the MS "packages". I found the Word and Excel equivalents pretty straightforward to use.
Pants
Challenge Tour Pro
In used Open Office which has now been updated to Libra Office and it does everything I need - for free.
To quote ....
"Microsoft Office may still reign king in terms of the most used office suites, but LibreOffice is an excellent free alternative that can easily compare to the popular toolkit. After Oracle purchased OpenOffice, a large part of its development community decided to create a fork of their own. Thus, LibreOffice was born, and the world was gifted with a suite that would continue to offer everyone a free and robust alternative to the main existing office suites.
LibreOffice includes a word processor, a spreadsheet editor, a presentation editor, a graphic editor, a mathematical formula editor and a database editor. All these tools are alternatives to Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and other components of the Office suite. The documents created with the different MS Office applications can be read from LibreOffice and modified using any of its tools, so compatibility is guaranteed.
To top it all off, the program includes an efficient history of open documents that lets you automatically access all your work or study files regardless of whether it’s a text document, a spreadsheet or a presentation. Plus, you have a huge number of templates available for each of the available tools.
In short, if you don’t want to have to buy a commercial office pack, give this office suite a try and take advantage of all the benefits this free software has to offer. "
To quote ....
"Microsoft Office may still reign king in terms of the most used office suites, but LibreOffice is an excellent free alternative that can easily compare to the popular toolkit. After Oracle purchased OpenOffice, a large part of its development community decided to create a fork of their own. Thus, LibreOffice was born, and the world was gifted with a suite that would continue to offer everyone a free and robust alternative to the main existing office suites.
LibreOffice includes a word processor, a spreadsheet editor, a presentation editor, a graphic editor, a mathematical formula editor and a database editor. All these tools are alternatives to Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and other components of the Office suite. The documents created with the different MS Office applications can be read from LibreOffice and modified using any of its tools, so compatibility is guaranteed.
To top it all off, the program includes an efficient history of open documents that lets you automatically access all your work or study files regardless of whether it’s a text document, a spreadsheet or a presentation. Plus, you have a huge number of templates available for each of the available tools.
In short, if you don’t want to have to buy a commercial office pack, give this office suite a try and take advantage of all the benefits this free software has to offer. "
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
I've just started using Google Docs and Sheets...and it's OK for what I need them for. Some limitations and maybe some formatting inconsistencies when a Google Doc is opened in MS Word - but TBH for the basic word processing and spreadsheet stuff I need it seems to be (early days using it) perfectly adequate.
Libre/open office are great free alternatives.
If you have any children or grandchildren at school or college, they may have academic licenses for MS Office you could "borrow" as some come with multi device licenses.
If you have any children or grandchildren at school or college, they may have academic licenses for MS Office you could "borrow" as some come with multi device licenses.
