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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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Google Libra Office. (Libraoffice.org). Ignore the Amazon result.
It is open source software. Very safe and most importantly it is free, always free. It has a spreadsheet, word processor, and presentation software. It supports several languages as well as foreign keyboard layouts. (There is also a database tool, as well as a mathematics formula writer.)It is capable of editing several versions of MS products and can save documents, spreadsheets and presentations in MS format. Functionality is pretty much the same as MS products, but there are slight differences between the key stroke commands. Oh. And did I mention it is free. Updates are delivered automatically, or you can select to download updates as they become available. I have been using Libra for the past 15 years as well as other open source products to avoid the MS charges and constant signing into MS