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Re: Microsoft degrading older Office installations on Mac

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On 16/05/2026 07:56, Jörg Lorenz wrote:
> On 15.05.26 14:24, David B. wrote:
>> On 15/05/2026 09:28, Jörg Lorenz 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 use both applications for decades at a I would say not to ambitious level.
>>
>> Are you, in fact, referring to /this/ software?
>>
>> https://www.apple.com/in/numbers/
> 
> https://www.libreoffice.org/download/


Thank you for clarifying.

Do you feel that "Numbers" is in some way inferior to Calc?

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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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