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Microsoft announces it will automatically install the Copilot AI app alongside desktop versions of 365 products like Word, Excel and PowerPoint this October (www.pcgamer.com)
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[-] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 13 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I've dumped all mikroshite from my devices for FOSS software. Only my work laptop has it and I never do anything personal with that. Libre Office, Thunderbird, Notesnook. Also considering Obsidian and Joplin.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

Which one is the Excel replacement and how does it compare? We all know companies buy office mostly just for excel...

[-] 4am@lemmy.zip 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

LibreOffice Calc. I think it still has some performance issues vs Excel with extremely large files, and it can only do 1024 columns. Also LibreOffice Basic can do a lot of what VBA could but the syntax is different and I don’t think it integrates well with the rest of the system like VBA’s COM integration (as unsafe as that was)

If you aren’t pushing Excel to its absolute limits then it’s more than enough.

[-] world_cavve@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

You could try SoftMaker office for 30 days to see if their version of Excel is better.

Yearly subscription: https://www.softmaker.com/en/products/softmaker-office/download Perpetual license: https://www.softmaker.com/en/products/softmaker-office/download-permanent-version Comparing the different versions: https://www.softmaker.com/en/products/softmaker-office/order-all

Bonus is that the license will work regardless if you use Linux, Mac or Windows. And the 2024 version is GDPR compliant.

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