Post #75240
2025-12-17 21:48 UTC
People aren’t paying for Word, they’re paying for Excel and getting all the other goodies included.
Yeah, LibreOffice is fine for home use, maybe even really small businesses that don’t have to trade spead sheets with external customers, but Excel is the killer app.
Calc’s a fine spread sheet program, but it’s frustrating as hell after using Excel for 30+ years. You can’t trust that it will properly import an Excel sheet and it sure won’t do macros.
Replies (4)
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@ethaver@kbin.earth 2025-12-17 23:23
I straight up used draw.io to create a paper form. I needed high information density so I can't waste space formatting stuff the normal way, I need something more graphical and publisher got axed.
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@DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works 2025-12-18 00:09
Is there a decent FOSS alternative to excel? Libre has been my goto for years because I never needed anything more, but just in the kast week I have a new client with some more rigorous needs, and I REALLY dont want to bite the buellt on 365
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@cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 2025-12-18 01:41
That’s fair. Imagine if people invested that much time into calc. A person can dream…
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@GreenShimada@lemmy.world 2025-12-18 05:54
100% for real. I simply can’t do freelancing Excel work with LibreOffice because I know the 1:1 compatibility falls apart quickly. Basic formulas are about as far as I can trust it.