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Re: Microsoft degrading older Office installations on Mac

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On 15.05.26 17:44, Alan B wrote:
> On 2026-05-15, Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:
>> On 15.05.26 08:56, RJH wrote:
>>> On 15 May 2026 at 06:19:50 BST, Alan B wrote:
>>>
>>>> Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> posted:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> From July, Office 2019 will only work in read-only mode and similarly for
>>>>> Office 2021 later this year.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.reddit.com/r/microsoftoffice/s/vOlz8ICdP
>>>>>
>>>>> This only affects Macs and seems like particularly shitty move by them.
>>>
>>> IIUC, only Macs running Monteray and older?
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think a lot of people (such as I) will be abandoning M$ Office in favour
>>>> of alternatives such as LibreOffice.
>>>
>>> I think I'd find it tricky to move from Excel. I'm at the point where I don't
>>> know if it's a good spreadsheet app or not. It's pretty much the only one I've
>>> used for about 40 years, so I'm not sure of the next nearest thing, or the
>>> learning curve involved.
>>
>> If you are not using scripts extensively Excel and Calc are pretty much
>> the same. The learning curve will be extremely steep. Most of your files
>> would also run in Calc.
> 
> I often use LibreOffice Calc for spreadsheets for my own use only. If I
> have the need to send a spreadsheet to a third party I use Excel. I've 
> found that formulae are usually transferable, so dropping M$ Office 
> could well be OK.

You can even save a Calc-File in Excel-format and send it to a third
party. But that does not work vice versa.


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Microsoft degrading older Office installations on Mac Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-05-15 05:02 +0000
  Re: Microsoft degrading older Office installations on Mac Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-05-15 07:17 +0200
    Re: Microsoft degrading older Office installations on Mac Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-05-15 18:11 +0000
  Re: Microsoft degrading older Office installations on Mac Alan B <user237@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-15 05:19 +0000
    Re: Microsoft degrading older Office installations on Mac Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-05-15 07:26 +0200
    Re: Microsoft degrading older Office installations on Mac RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2026-05-15 06:56 +0000
      Re: Microsoft degrading older Office installations on Mac Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-05-15 10:28 +0200
        Re: Microsoft degrading older Office installations on Mac "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> - 2026-05-15 13:24 +0100
          Re: Microsoft degrading older Office installations on Mac Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-05-16 08:56 +0200
            Re: Microsoft degrading older Office installations on Mac "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> - 2026-05-16 09:48 +0100
        Re: Microsoft degrading older Office installations on Mac Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2026-05-15 15:44 +0000
          Re: Microsoft degrading older Office installations on Mac Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-05-15 18:54 +0200
            Re: Microsoft degrading older Office installations on Mac Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2026-05-15 17:28 +0000
      Re: Microsoft degrading older Office installations on Mac Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-05-15 18:11 +0000

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