Personal computing discussed
NTMBK wrote:I guess I will have to keep moving around this Office 2010 license until the end of time...
JustAnEngineer wrote:Unless the latest version of LibreOffice has improved in the past three years, it cannot handle my more advanced Excel, Word and PowerPoint files without errors or formatting issues.
just brew it! wrote:Same here. One reason I don't upgrade to any further MS version is that I have to stay compatible with my old OS platforms. But I've not heard of any significant additional functionality of newer versions beyond silly feature creep.The last version of Office I actually purchased was 2003...
The Egg wrote:The Fourier Transform feature looks interesting! I'm gonna give it a try.Speaking of Libreoffice, looks like there's a new article this morning....
Arstechnica - A Look At LibreOffice's new 6.3.0 "Fresh" Release
"The open source office suite LibreOffice released its version 6.3.0 last week. This was a major release that added many new features, as well as interoperability enhancements (read: better import and export of Microsoft Office documents) and performance increases."
Mr Bill wrote:The Fourier Transform feature looks interesting! I'm gonna give it a try.
just brew it! wrote:Its been too many years since I needed to do an FFT. Those data sets are archived on MO disks. Besides, I only did FFT's to compare the results with the SVD principal components analysis I was doing back in the 1980's.Mr Bill wrote:The Fourier Transform feature looks interesting! I'm gonna give it a try.
"Do a FFT right in your spreadsheet (assuming you can get the Excel import to work)!"
Mr Bill wrote:just brew it! wrote:Same here. One reason I don't upgrade to any further MS version is that I have to stay compatible with my old OS platforms. But I've not heard of any significant additional functionality of newer versions beyond silly feature creep.The last version of Office I actually purchased was 2003...
JustAnEngineer wrote:Instead of paying $13 every four years or so, Microsoft has decided that I should pay four times that amount... every year.
https://hothardware.com/news/microsoft- ... bscription
just brew it! wrote:The last version of Office I actually purchased was 2003...
BIF wrote:I hate subscriptions too, but this time around, I had to go with Office 365. HUP has limitations and is technically only available for a single computer.
Even two computers was enough to justify going the 365 route, and I don't use the mail or one drive features.
superjawes wrote:Barf...I might be on board if they included fancier software like Visio for those prices. But for the most part, all I need is Word and Excel at home (sometimes PowerPoint), so it looks like I'm out $150 the next time I need an Office license.
just brew it! wrote:superjawes wrote:Barf...I might be on board if they included fancier software like Visio for those prices. But for the most part, all I need is Word and Excel at home (sometimes PowerPoint), so it looks like I'm out $150 the next time I need an Office license.
WTF is the difference between "Premium" and "Classic"?