Tell your mother she can “pay” less than half of that amount to LibreOffice Foundation and they will still deliver a full office suite and perhaps even send her a very warm thank you message.
Libre office sucks in comparison to MS Office. And I use both every day. I need to stay familiar with Libre for the folks I support, but I need to be productive, so MS Office.
When I say both, I mean MS Office 2016, because I refuse to use Office 365. So compared to nearly 10 year old MS Office, Libre falls far short.
And that’s before you compare any OSS spreadsheet app to Excel. Tables alone are reason enough to pay for Excel.
I’m going to risk you have an out there requirement for advanced spreadsheets OP’s mother does not have.
But considering Excel takes the brunt on many organizations of work that should be handles through dedicated data bases, I’m not about to go praise it.
I’m trying to get mum onto libre office. She’s stubborn and is paying some unreasonable amount for a word subscription.
Tell your mother she can “pay” less than half of that amount to LibreOffice Foundation and they will still deliver a full office suite and perhaps even send her a very warm thank you message.
Mate, I’ve installed libre office on her laptop, she refuses to use it.
What is the excuse? If it is free, it is garbage or a scam? Or is it the usual argument of being used to it?
Libre office sucks in comparison to MS Office. And I use both every day. I need to stay familiar with Libre for the folks I support, but I need to be productive, so MS Office.
When I say both, I mean MS Office 2016, because I refuse to use Office 365. So compared to nearly 10 year old MS Office, Libre falls far short.
And that’s before you compare any OSS spreadsheet app to Excel. Tables alone are reason enough to pay for Excel.
I’m going to risk you have an out there requirement for advanced spreadsheets OP’s mother does not have.
But considering Excel takes the brunt on many organizations of work that should be handles through dedicated data bases, I’m not about to go praise it.