Alternatives to MS Office? (1 Viewer)

[Mr.Pack]

What are some good free alternatives to MS Office?

I'm not paying $70/yr for something that I only use for simple Word and Excel documents.

Whatcha got?

 

[MattFancy]

Google Docs

 

[JoeSteeler]

WPS OFFICE. Never used it but know several people that love it.

CNET REVIEW:

http://www.cnet.com/products/wps-office/

https://www.wps.com/wps-office-personal

eta - it is free

 

[bud29]

Google Docs

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[Spin]

Open Office

 

[Eephus]

Google docs for creating/editing docs.

A local install of Open Office is useful for opening attachments.

 

[MikeIke]

I use Open Office at home, never had any trouble with it.

 

[pandora]

Easily Open Office

 

[msommer]

Apache Open Office is a very good alternative - plus it opens word, excel, ppt etc files. You can also save them again but only in an older version of Microsoft office than is current

 

[Eminence]

OpenOffice

 

[NutterButter]

Is openoffice web based? I see no reason not to use google docs for basic ms office needs.

 

[Snoopy]

LibreOffice

 

[pandora]

Is openoffice web based? I see no reason not to use google docs for basic ms office needs.

Some companies have Google Docs blocked.

 

[BroadwayG]

Is openoffice web based? I see no reason not to use google docs for basic ms office needs.

Some companies have Google Docs blocked.

In that case you're likely all set just using the Office Suite your company has installed.

 

[NutterButter]

Is openoffice web based? I see no reason not to use google docs for basic ms office needs.

Some companies have Google Docs blocked.

Probably better long run just to work for another company. If they're blocking that, there's got to be a crap load of other cool/fun/useful stuff they're blocking

 

[RUSF18]

Obviously not free, but I had the option to get MS Office for $9.95 from the last three companies I worked for. Might be worth looking into if you or someone you know can get a corporate discount.

 

[Mr.Pack]

So it seems OpenOffice and Google Docs are the main choices.

I'll take a look at both tonight.

 

[Mr.Pack]

Obviously not free, but I had the option to get MS Office for $9.95 from the last three companies I worked for. Might be worth looking into if you or someone you know can get a corporate discount.

Thanks.

I do work for a big worldwide company, so I'll ask around.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

LibreOffice

This is the team who created OpenOffice, they now develop LibreOffice. It's a long messy story with Sun and Oracle and Apache, but as I understand it the way the licensing and source code works, any of the cool stuff that Apache puts into openoffice can and likely will be ported into LibreOffice, but not the other way around.

 

[Mr. Ected]

Obviously not free, but I had the option to get MS Office for $9.95 from the last three companies I worked for. Might be worth looking into if you or someone you know can get a corporate discount.

Thanks.I do work for a big worldwide company, so I'll ask around.

Our county in VA gives each student access to several installs of office on different machines, (phone, tablet, PC, etc) so you might check with school systems if you have kids there.

 

[flgator]

What are some good free alternatives to MS Office?

I'm not paying $70/yr for something that I only use for simple Word and Excel documents.

Whatcha got?

Would you be willing to pay $20 to own it? If you are a student or have a child as a student, you can buy it here for $19.99.

 

[snogger]

I use OneDrive

Free MS Office Documents, as well as free 15-30GB of storage for other items..

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Obviously not free, but I had the option to get MS Office for $9.95 from the last three companies I worked for. Might be worth looking into if you or someone you know can get a corporate discount.

Thanks.I do work for a big worldwide company, so I'll ask around.

Yeah we have a home use program for like $10 too

Before that I used Open Office though and also some Google Docs

 

[Mr.Pack]

So I checked with HR and that is one Discount we don't get.

I checked into OpenOffice and Libre, went with Libre, so far very seamless and all docs look no different than an MS Office doc.

 

[pandora]

Is openoffice web based? I see no reason not to use google docs for basic ms office needs.

Some companies have Google Docs blocked.

Probably better long run just to work for another company. If they're blocking that, there's got to be a crap load of other cool/fun/useful stuff they're blocking

Not if you are working with classified information.

 

[SlaX]

LibreOffice

This is what I use.

 

[desert rose]

Can you buy Microsoft 360 by the month, or do you have to pay for all 365 days?

 

[desert rose]

Would you be willing to pay $20 to own it? If you are a student or have a child as a student, you can buy it here for $19.99.

This was an awesome tip!  I had tried Open Office and Google Docs and hated the Excel version which I have to use.  I bought MS Office for $19.99.  It was so perfect!  Thanks!