@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agoPaid for MS Excel out of the goodness of my heart so now I get this popup every 2 hours...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1323
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 • 2 years agomessage-square75fedilink
minus-squareViklinkfedilinkEnglish37•2 years 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•2 years 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•2 years agoGiven that OP posted a Mac screenshot, Pages and Numbers would likely work just as well for the files themselves.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years ago screenshot, Pages and Numbers would likely work Terrible app names to be honest
minus-squareFlying SquidlinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoYeah, but for something that comes free with your Mac, they’re not bad.
minus-squareeatham 🇭🇲linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoNot free, complementary. The price of the computer covers it.
minus-squareViklinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoHadn’t noticed! Keen eye! Design convergence across platforms has me fooled 😅
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.
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.
Hadn’t noticed! Keen eye!
Design convergence across platforms has me fooled 😅