Which free "Office" shoud I use?

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Which free "Office" shoud I use?

#1 Post by Rwy in Sight » Fri Nov 16, 2018 8:28 pm

I had to restore WIndows on my Laptop. Hence the Open Office did not re-appear. Now I like to add an "Office" program - a free one obviously. Which one would you recommend?

The lap top runs on Windows 8.1.

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#2 Post by Boac » Fri Nov 16, 2018 8:57 pm

OO is under medical supervision. Libre office, which has the same roots, is fully supported. It's free. Download it and try it?

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#3 Post by ExSp33db1rd » Fri Nov 16, 2018 11:13 pm

Mrs. ExS just moved to iMac desktop ( not Macbook ) can Libre Office be loaded on to Mac, to read Word docs. moved over from the old P.C. computer ? Not tried yet, don't want to screw up the iMac ( just yet !)

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#4 Post by llondel » Tue Nov 20, 2018 4:54 am

I think LibreOffice is available on most platforms, so chances are that fruity machines are also supported. It does claim to support MacOS X.

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#5 Post by Slasher » Tue Nov 20, 2018 6:21 am

Rwy in Sight wrote:
Fri Nov 16, 2018 8:28 pm
Now I like to add an "Office" program - a free one obviously. Which one would you recommend?

RiS I suggest going to filehippo.com and giving these a try:

WPS Writer
WPS Presentstion
WPS Spreadsheet

The WPS suite is very MS officey and of course are free downloads.

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#6 Post by Rwy in Sight » Tue Nov 20, 2018 8:37 pm

Slasher wrote:
Tue Nov 20, 2018 6:21 am
Rwy in Sight wrote:
Fri Nov 16, 2018 8:28 pm
Now I like to add an "Office" program - a free one obviously. Which one would you recommend?

RiS I suggest going to filehippo.com and giving these a try:

WPS Writer
WPS Presentstion
WPS Spreadsheet

The WPS suite is very MS officey and of course are free downloads.
Thanks for the advice. It looks just what I was looking for. Just a question: is the WPS Office the package that contains all the three individual functions?

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#7 Post by Slasher » Wed Nov 21, 2018 5:38 am

I downloaded each separately RIS but the package should be ok. The only thing with packages is risking an addition of useless bells and whistles.

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