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Worth the effort to obtain a copy of MS Office on the high seas? *SOLVED (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It's for my mother, who so far cannot stand LibreOffice.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are free to use with the web interface.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

There is some functionality not available through the web apps. If you work in a corporate setting, the odds are really good that the web apps won't be adequate for you.

One example that comes to mind is one of our clients that has us file a report once per quarter. The report is an Excel spreadsheet that can be filled but not edited. The submission demands that the file be then password edit protected and uploaded along with the password. You cannot secure files that way via the web app. We literally keep a Windows VM with the a copy of the desktop office suite, just for this client's quarterly form.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Oh, I totally agree, but for this situation where it appears to be for personal use, the Office Online applications would probably do just fine.