Microsoft office 365 alternative?

[pmax]

Originally Posted by masraum

... keep the disks, and you should be good to go for MANY years.

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by Evans, Marv

I still get by on Microsoft Office Pro from 2007 - given I don't have to use it for business. I hang on to it because it's from the old days when you bought it & it was yours. If I ever need to, I can just install it on anything I want.

That makes me a real old timer. I use Excel 98 and Word 98. Some years ago I downloaded a converter that allowed my Word 98 to read later Word docs.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by pmax

"computer" years, fella. Computer years are kind of like dog years, like a big dog.

I was using a ~10 year old version of Office on my old PC, and when I got rid of it, I rebuilt it and gave it to one of our kids with the same old version of Office on it. They are still using it. My new computer has a newer version, 2019, but that's about to be 4-5 years old, which is still at least middle-aged in computer years.

The girl in the ad is cute as a button!

[wildthing]

I'm paying $48.99 a year for Office 365 Personal... Seems reasonable to me.

[jhynesrockmtn]

We use almost exclusively Google Sheet, Docs, Drive, etc at work. If your spreadsheet issues are not too complex, it can work.

[john70t]

Originally Posted by wildthing

I'm paying $48.99 a year for Office 365 Personal... Seems reasonable to me.

Fine.
You've accepted the "subscription model".
Welcome to your new world. Not mine.

Once upon a time you could buy the same product and "own" it.
For the same price. Or free.
Like typing is a new thing.

You didn't even have to pay the vendor for stealing your proprietary business information.

[Evans, Marv]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

That makes me a real old timer. I use Excel 98 and Word 98. Some years ago I downloaded a converter that allowed my Word 98 to read later Word docs.

Ha! That's pretty awsome, Bill.

[Bill Douglas]

LOL I just checked and it's actually Excel and Word 97. Geez....

[MBAtarga]

If you check out the slickdeals.net forum, MS Office software is frequently available via different deals. A recent deal through groupon offers MS Office 2021 lifetime licenses for $40. (There are some claims are that these are grey market license numbers, etc.)

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by MBAtarga

If you check out the slickdeals.net forum, MS Office software is frequently available via different deals. A recent deal through groupon offers MS Office 2021 lifetime licenses for $40. (There are some claims are that these are grey market license numbers, etc.)

"Fine Print
Promotional value expires 90 days after purchase. Amount paid never expires. Online Registration Required https://setup.office.com/Home at merchant's website. May be repurchased multiple times. Microsoft Office 2021 is incompatible with iPad and Chromebook. Microsoft Office 2021 cannot be used in conjunction with any Microsoft 365 product.For customer service inquiries email support@launchingdeals.com for assistance All sales final. Merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the care and quality of the advertised goods and services. Learn about Strike-Through Pricing and Savings"

huh?

[stevej37]

^^^ It only took a year for your answer?

[RANDY P]

Slave to MSFT here. Excel alternatives / non windows version (mac) suck, unfortunately.

The only legit version is Windows Excel.

rjp

[JamyBalys]

I’ve been using Microsoft 365 for years, and it covers everything I need. For people asking how to separate date and time in Excel, it’s pretty simple. You can use the INT function to extract the date and the MOD function to get the time. Formatting the cells afterward makes everything look clean.

[Dixie]

Oh look, another zombie thread!

[masraum]

< sarcasm > Awesome, another spammer/bot bumping an old thread. < /sarcasm >

[Seahawk]

All fixed via admin.

Best.