Current Events > I'm too much of a cheap bastard to buy Office, what's a good alternative?

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Is Open Office still a thing?
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Apache OpenOffice

Well if you don't think it's worth paying for, then you deserve it for FREE!!!
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byron posted...

Do you know any college students? They can usually get it free.

no, but I'm tempted to see if my .edu email address from college still works lol
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I'm sure there's a reddit or something where you can buy a cheap legal license.
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I mean, LibreOffice is great as a standalone Suite for the replacement of Microsoft Office. However, the issue is with compatibility across it and Microsoft Office. If you want to be able to switch back and forth between with with little issue, or have someone with the Microsoft Suite access your documents, it's not a perfect solution. But if you are only using it alone, then it's pretty damn close.
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If you're cheap then so is the rest of the world that doesn't want to pay 100 for office

COVxy posted...

I mean, LibreOffice is great as a standalone Suite for the replacement of Microsoft Office. However, the issue is with compatibility across it and Microsoft Office. If you want to be able to switch back and forth between with with little issue, or have someone with the Microsoft Suite access your documents, it's not a perfect solution. But if you are only using it alone, then it's pretty damn close.

is LibreOffice better than Open Office?

I'll probably buy Office eventually but I don't feel like I need it at the moment since I'm not really going to any serious work for a while
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I was told OpenOffice isn't really supported now and LibreOffice is a fork that is still worked on.
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Google docs
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