@_number8_@lemmy.world to AssholeDesign@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months agoPaid for MS Excel out of the goodness of my heart so now I get this popup every 2 hours...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1314arrow-down116
arrow-up1298arrow-down1imagePaid for MS Excel out of the goodness of my heart so now I get this popup every 2 hours...lemmy.world@_number8_@lemmy.world to AssholeDesign@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-squareViklinkfedilinkEnglish35•10 months agoare you able to get your work done on other suites like LibreOffice / OnlyOffice, or does it require MS specific functionality?
minus-square@xpinchx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish12•10 months 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-squareWaLLy3KlinkEnglish8•10 months agoGiven that OP posted a Mac screenshot, Pages and Numbers would likely work just as well for the files themselves.
minus-squareViklinkfedilinkEnglish3•10 months agoHadn’t noticed! Keen eye! Design convergence across platforms has me fooled 😅
minus-square@jbk@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish2•10 months ago screenshot, Pages and Numbers would likely work Terrible app names to be honest
minus-squareFlying SquidlinkfedilinkEnglish4•10 months agoYeah, but for something that comes free with your Mac, they’re not bad.
minus-squareeatham 🇭🇲linkfedilinkEnglish1•5 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.