@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agoPaid for MS Excel out of the goodness of my heart so now I get this popup every 2 hours...lemmy.worldmessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1340
arrow-up1323imagePaid for MS Excel out of the goodness of my heart so now I get this popup every 2 hours...lemmy.world@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square75fedilink
minus-squareViklinkfedilinkEnglish37•1 year agoare you able to get your work done on other suites like LibreOffice / OnlyOffice, or does it require MS specific functionality?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•1 year agoI can’t speak for everyone but I rely heavily on VBA scripts, dozens of macros, PowerQuery for ETL, connection to azure SQL data, etc. If you work with big data excel is basically a must.
minus-squareWaLLy3KlinkfedilinkEnglish8•1 year agoGiven that OP posted a Mac screenshot, Pages and Numbers would likely work just as well for the files themselves.
minus-squareViklinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoHadn’t noticed! Keen eye! Design convergence across platforms has me fooled 😅
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year ago screenshot, Pages and Numbers would likely work Terrible app names to be honest
minus-squareFlying SquidlinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoYeah, but for something that comes free with your Mac, they’re not bad.
minus-squareeatham 🇭🇲linkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoNot free, complementary. The price of the computer covers it.
are you able to get your work done on other suites like LibreOffice / OnlyOffice, or does it require MS specific functionality?
I can’t speak for everyone but I rely heavily on VBA scripts, dozens of macros, PowerQuery for ETL, connection to azure SQL data, etc. If you work with big data excel is basically a must.
That’s fair enough
Given that OP posted a Mac screenshot, Pages and Numbers would likely work just as well for the files themselves.
Hadn’t noticed! Keen eye!
Design convergence across platforms has me fooled 😅
Terrible app names to be honest
Yeah, but for something that comes free with your Mac, they’re not bad.
Not free, complementary. The price of the computer covers it.