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Re: MS Office re-install

From felix <me@nothere.invalid>
Newsgroups aus.computers
Subject Re: MS Office re-install
Date 2016-12-06 09:38 +1100
Message-ID <eam8k2Fd6jU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On Monday, 5 Dec 2016 3:03 PM, Xeno wrote:
> On 5/12/2016 11:53 AM, felix wrote:
>> On Sunday, 4 Dec 2016 10:02 PM, Xeno wrote:
>>> On 4/12/2016 9:08 PM, SolomonW wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 4 Dec 2016 01:46:08 -0800 (PST), Max wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Is Libre Office available for Windows?
>>>>
>>>> Yes but despite what people say its not as good as microsoft office.
>>>>
>>> Agreed but it is good enough for what 99% of the wordprocessing
>>> population do with it. At the price (free) it is remarkably good value.
>>
>> Is that the same as Open Office?
>>
> Yes and no. Libre Office is a shift away from the Open Office, a 
> 'fork' as it is commonly known. Read about it here and you will 
> understand why I went with LibreOffice instead of staying with 
> OpenOffice.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreOffice

thanks. Open Office does all I need, but I will give this a try and see 
which I like best

>>>
>>> If I wasn't retired, I'd have an Education copy of MS Office supplied
>>> to me gratis along with the laptop it would be installed on. But then,
>>> I'd "need it" for my work. Since I no longer have that imperative,
>>> LibreOffice suffices for all of my daily needs, even my part time
>>> tutoring work.
>>>
>>
>
>

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    Re: MS Office re-install "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2016-12-04 16:56 +1100
      Re: MS Office re-install Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2016-12-04 17:37 +1100
        Re: MS Office re-install "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2016-12-04 18:31 +1100
          Re: MS Office re-install Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2016-12-04 19:26 +1100
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              Re: MS Office re-install SolomonW <SolomonW@citi.com> - 2016-12-04 21:08 +1100
                Re: MS Office re-install Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2016-12-04 22:02 +1100
                Re: MS Office re-install felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-05 11:53 +1100
                Re: MS Office re-install Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2016-12-05 15:03 +1100
                Re: MS Office re-install SolomonW <SolomonW@citi.com> - 2016-12-05 22:11 +1100
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                Re: MS Office re-install "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2016-12-04 21:18 +1000
                Re: MS Office re-install felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-05 11:54 +1100
              Re: MS Office re-install Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2016-12-04 21:55 +1100
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