Office 365 substitute

[Msmith]

The licence of my Office 365 is going to expire in next spring. I don't want to fork out $70 per year for its subscription. Is it any other compatible word processing software that works with the Office?

[bigjosh]

Open office is freeware. I have been using it for years.


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[BigRedChief]

If its for you only and your not sending those documents anyone or posting publicly, use the free options. If not stick with Word. Because of possible compatibility issues with the free option in businesses.

Even with Word 2013 unless you check the box in the settings to be compatible with previous versions of Word you can have issues.

Its the apps that businesses are using to intake your document. Some are older and they don't want to pay the money to upgrade or waiting for whatever reason. I've had to modify an architect solution for the whole business for this incompatibility issue.

[Saulbadguy]

Microsoft Office Online is free. It includes a watered down version of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Online

[arrowheadnation]

I just buy it on ebay for $5. Works like a charm.

[loochy]

Do they key generators found online still work? I used those all through college with no issue.
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[Simply Red]

youporn

[ModSocks]

I used LibreOffice when i didn't want to pay for word. I just do the subscription now.

[htismaqe]

So glad I don't have to worry about it.

[carcosa]

google docs bich

[ROYC75]

Microsoft Office Online is free. It includes a watered down version of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Online

This is probably your best option.

We use Open Office here, it's free as well or you can purchase the paid versions. .

[ChiefGator]

https://www.g2deal.com/microsoft-office-2016-professional-plus.html

Do this one. Then you own it forever for $30.

Honestly, I'm tempted.

[htismaqe]

This is probably your best option.

We use Open Office here, it's free as well or you can purchase the paid versions. .

LibreOffice I find to be a little easier to use than OpenOffice.

I use Pages, Numbers, and Keynote for my Mac though. It works pretty well and is almost fully compatible with Office documents.

[Lzen]

Microsoft Office Online is free. It includes a watered down version of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Online

Saul?!! Well isn't this a blast from the past?

[arrowheadnation]

$10 for Office 2016 Pro Plus (lifetime). Again, it works like a charm.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Microsoft-Office-2016-Pro-Plus-Lifetime-Product-Key-32-bit-64-bit-DownLoad-Link/382579245256?hash=item59138000c8:g:ozUAAOSw3qRbs3~0

[carcosa]

literally can't believe anybody pays for microsoft office in 2018

GOOGLE. DOCS!!!

[ModSocks]

literally can't believe anybody pays for microsoft office in 2018

GOOGLE. DOCS!!!

Office is so much better. And with 365 you get access to all their software.

[carcosa]

Office is so much better. And with 365 you get access to all their software.

If you have to collaborate on a document with someone, Word is a huge dinosaur turd. And I'd take Google's Powerpoint, Excel, and Outlook equivalents every time.

I don't have any use for the other 365 software, though, so maybe if you need those it's worth it.

[DaFace]

If you have to collaborate on a document with someone, Word is a huge dinosaur turd. And I'd take Google's Powerpoint, Excel, and Outlook equivalents every time.

I don't have any use for the other 365 software, though, so maybe if you need those it's worth it.You clearly aren't much of a power user if you think Google Sheets is even in the same ballpark as Excel.

[carcosa]

You clearly aren't much of a power user if you think Google Sheets is even in the same ballpark as Excel.

I don't use Sheets for data crunching, so I'm sure it's not as good as Excel in that respect. I'm purely a writer and content producer, so Office just seems like a huge waste when Docs is totally free and does everything I need it to do.

[Deberg_1990]

Open Office or Google Docs.

A few incompatibilities with MS Office, but free is good!

[ModSocks]

Really, no love for Libreoffice?

[htismaqe]

Really, no love for Libreoffice?

That's what I use on Windows machines. I can't stand OpenOffice and won't use Google for anything.

[ROYC75]

That's what I use on Windows machines. I can't stand OpenOffice and won't use Google for anything.

I recall the day we used Corel. Switched everything over to Open Office. Basically all we did was spreadsheet material, never got into all the other stuff that many offices have to use on a daily basis.

But retirement been pretty good since 2015, my daughter can fight that daily grind now.:D

Just wish my health ( body ) would hold up.

[ROYC75]

Really, no love for Libreoffice?

Honestly, never heard of it. BTA, I don't have to anymore either.

[Saulbadguy]

You clearly aren't much of a power user if you think Google Sheets is even in the same ballpark as Excel.

I love it when people want to talk to me about their database problem, and lo and behold, it's an excel spreadsheet.

[Saulbadguy]

Saul?!! Well isn't this a blast from the past?

Howdy. How's it going?

[htismaqe]

I love it when people want to talk to me about their database problem, and lo and behold, it's an excel spreadsheet.

:clap:ROFL

[DaFace]

I love it when people want to talk to me about their database problem, and lo and behold, it's an excel spreadsheet.

I work with a lot of clients to conduct member/customer research. My favorite Excel story so far is a (small) healthcare organization that had to report on numbers of patients who applied and were later accepted for a government program.

They at least figured out that you could highlight cells to see a sum, so that's how they were looking at the totals. But their solution to excluding those who were denied?

Instead of "3" family members, they changed it to "three" so that it wouldn't get added to the sum.

I mean, I guess I appreciate the ingenuity of coming up with that, but yeesh...there are about a dozen ways of doing that kind of calculation that would be better and more reliable than that.

(They're still doing it in Excel for the simplicity of it, but we at least have them using a dropdown for status and doing all of their counts in pivot tables.)

[Pitt Gorilla]

Google docs are awesome.

[Otter]

If its for you only and your not sending those documents anyone or posting publicly, use the free options. If not stick with Word. Because of possible compatibility issues with the free option in businesses.

Even with Word 2013 unless you check the box in the settings to be compatible with previous versions of Word you can have issues.

Its the apps that businesses are using to intake your document. Some are older and they don't want to pay the money to upgrade or waiting for whatever reason. I've had to modify an architect solution for the whole business for this incompatibility issue. BigFlusteredQueef came >< close to giving advice without patting himself on the back in return. :clap: </br></br> And you don't "modify an architect" to solve this issue.

[Ming the Merciless]

Open office is freeware. I have been using it for years.


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I use LibreOffice


it works

[Ming the Merciless]

Really, no love for Libreoffice?


Me.


I've been a LibreOffice user for years, it works fine.

[oldman]

I've been out of the business world for a few years. What does Office 365 do that Microsoft Office doesn't? I'm still using the student edition my granddaughter had when she lived with us and it works just fine.

[DaFace]

I've been out of the business world for a few years. What does Office 365 do that Microsoft Office doesn't? I'm still using the student edition my granddaughter had when she lived with us and it works just fine.

Office 365 - Subscription service. You always get the latest versions and updates. Comes with cloud storage (like Dropbox). The business versions also come with online mail hosting and a plethora of other stuff.

Office 2010/2013/2016/2019 - One-time purchase. You'll get minor updates until they stop supporting that version.

The software itself is pretty much identical at first, but you'll eventually stop getting updates with the one-time-purchase version.

[scho63]

You're really fretting over $70 for Office?

$6 a month?

Do you use it often or rarely?

If you're a business person and use it often, you might get away with Google Docs.

I need it too much and couldn't use the free stuff or want to use stolen keys and have all my documents and business work ever locked up, destroyed or compromised.

[DaFace]

In case people with a work Office 365 account don't know, their licensing allows you to install it on your personal computers, too (up to five total installations). Just download it from https://portal.office.com.