Not one bit.
While there are good free alternatives, most people aren't comfortable with using them. I prefer to put things in front of people that they'll be familiar with.
Office 365
- Thread starter BirdOPrey5
- Start date
While there are good free alternatives, most people aren't comfortable with using them. I prefer to put things in front of people that they'll be familiar with.
I use MS file formats and even ms fonts, no sweat. It definitely isn't QUITE as user friendly as Office, but at the cost of free it's worth the minor inconvenience.
That's a given.
I can't use the excuse something doesn't open or look right because I'm using open office or some other free alternative.
If it doesn't work it doesn't work, I get it. $80/year is pretty cheap if you are using it for some kind of income. I gotta ask though, when is the last time you tried Libre Office or Open Office or any of the other free alternatives?
At this point you can easily compare, just install Libre Office and see if your documents open correctly. Make a few edits, save them, then open them in Office... BTW, there are compatibility and display/print differences between different versions of Word so buying an Office 365 sub doesn't guarantee perfect compatibility either.
CharlieP
VIP
Friend that works for MS got me a discount last year and I just renewed at $100 without a concern. Turning off Carbonite and moving online backup to OneDrive. I installed on both my parents pc's so now they can back up to the cloud as well. They share calendars, contacts, etc from iCloud, Google, etc. so having the current version of Outlook to make things work without me having to fix it all the time is worth it.
It's been a good while and I haven't actually paid Microsoft yet and it would be a business expense (deductible) but free is still better than a deduction. I'll check out your suggestions, thanks.
Offhand do you have a preference? Does either provide an Outlook alternative?
Edit - LibreOffice - Portable versions | LibreOffice - Free Office Suite - Fun Project - Fantastic People
No Outlook alternative.
Open Office - Apache OpenOffice Product Description
Also no Outlook.
Doesn't seem to be much to compare with Outlook, especially not free- 5 Best Free Alternatives To Outlook for Multiple Email Accounts 2018
I use LibreOffice and like it, but I do use it on Linux so that may make some difference. I don't know of a good Outlook alternative - I don't use it, so I didn't even realize LibreOffice didn't have something equivalent until you mentioned it.
I don't have much of an opinion of an e-mail client, or really an office suite either. I just use gmail, the web client for most stuff or the mobile app on my phone.
It's hard to recommend something when we don't know your needs. Just basic connection to gmail or some other IMAP server? Do you need full Exchange integration? Is web based ok or is there some reason you need a stand alone app?
IMAP support mostly. But I still have old emails saved in outlook format I wouldn't want to lose access too.
I'd prefer these files not be indexed by big brother.
