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Originally Posted by dtennent
My current version of MS Office on my PC will no longer be supported after October. I am looking at alternatives to MS 365 and was wondering if other folks have used other vendors that offer an office suite of software. If so,
1) What are the pros and cons versus MS Office?
2) How secure is the software?
3) Is it open source or proprietary software?
4) Can you open Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents?
Up until now, I have purchased a version of MS Office and used it until it wasn’t supported and then purchased a newer version. As I look on line, I see that there are several sources for similar products but I am not sure of the quality of these products. I regularly use Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Thanks for any help you offer. (Well, maybe not the snide comments but any help is appreciated.)
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There have been a few things mentioned. 1st you can still use your existing office product, 2nd 365 has both cloud/web version and desktop install version for $99 per year which isn't all that bad a deal.
As for going "off brand" i have words of caution. in some cases, you can end up 'unsupported' meaning that 'off brand' i.e., google etc will claim your problem is MS and MS will say it's the other product. MS is a bit crafty there are pieces of Windows that are coded to basically cause issues with competition. Especially Google.
Simple advice, and yes I'm a MS certified trainer so it's a bit bias maybe, it's easier to do option 1 or 2