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Written by JillL on 2025-01-08 at 22:43

Microsoft are putting up their annual subscription costs for MS Office by 50% so they can add in features no-one wants, like AI. 😡

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Written by Paul on 2025-01-08 at 23:49

@jillL definitely not ideal

I'm in the lucky position of being able to use Open Office instead

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Written by JillL on 2025-01-09 at 00:26

@HardBeingGreen It's a bit tricky. I assume I need to use MS Office to be compatible with all my clients. But, I don't really have the time to look into alternatives. I guess this is how Microsoft has always made all its money.😡

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Written by Paul on 2025-01-09 at 01:18

@jillL absolutely, lots of people are effectively locked in. Seems unfair

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Written by JillL on 2025-01-09 at 01:45

@HardBeingGreen Seems like an opportunity for someone to market a package of clone WORD, EXCEL and Outlook that speaks to the MS Office software, but without all the annoying rubbish.

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Written by Paul on 2025-01-09 at 02:01

@jillL Open Office does that pretty well. It's a great product

Well not for Outlook

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Written by JillL on 2025-01-09 at 02:30

@HardBeingGreen Thanks. I might look into it.

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Written by John Smith on 2025-01-09 at 19:33

@jillL @HardBeingGreen I've used open office and Libre Office and both are good and quite compatible with MS Office. The only problem I have with them is the PC I have them on uses MS Windows operating system and it is so terribly slow.

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