hensley Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 Has anyone used this? I had someone do all my install on my new computer when I got it and all of a sudden this past week it says that my windows expires and I will have to pay to keep it. Well today I am not getting that message and everything seems to be fine. But just in case has anyone used Libre Office and is it like Word? I have lots of documents in Word and I would hate to lose them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugarplumfaerie Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 I use Libre Office. I have not used Word for years. Libre Office is much more friendly. It will work with Word documents. It is also a alternative to Excel. Another option is Open Office. It works the same as Libre Office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addtocart Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 9 minutes ago, hensley said: it says that my windows expires and I will have to pay to keep it. Do you mean windows or a windows program? Windows doesn't expire. If that's the case I would be a little suspicious of whoever did your "install". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 Your new computer would have Windows already installed. If it was built locally, it may have had an unregistered copy of Windows. However, it sounds like you may be talking about Office, and not Windows itself. Same situation. But you can also use Kingsoft WPS Office Suite, which... like LibreOffice... is more or less a clone of the Office concept. The difference is WPS actually looks a lot like MS Office, whereas the others do not really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mexjerry Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 Libre office is FAR superior to any windfroze product Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo1 Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 I love my OpenOffice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 I have used MS Office for many years. It has a myriad of things that even as a professional I will never use. However, after trying all the "clones", I have to say it is still the best. That being said, it is not necessary to spend the money when the other programs are available... for most people who do basic documents and spreadsheets, they are more than enough. I recommend Kingsoft as the most powerful and most similar to Office. As of now, many people have not heard of it. And for those using other products, absolutely no reason to change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumieretoo Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 WordStar was the program of choice for conservative intellectual William F. Buckley, Jr.,[... ... He said of WordStar, "I'm told there are better programs, but I'm also told there are better alphabets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnMama Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 I am a retired tech writer and MS Word gets in my way. Incredibly annoying! I used Word Perfect and when the company where I worked switched to MS Word, I lasted about 3 weeks. After much cursing and pulling out of hair, I switched to Open Office. Later I went to Lotus Symphony - a variation of Open Office - until IBM dropped their support a few years ago. Now I use Libre Office and I love it. Elegant, easy to use and the suite includes Writer (word processing), Calc (spreadsheets), Impress (presentations), Draw (vector graphics and flowcharts), Base (databases), and Math (formula editing). It can open any Word doc or docx and save as so they are essentially the same. I expect you have Office 360 that charges I think a monthly or annual fee. Big waste of $$$ IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hensley Posted December 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 Thanks everyone! It seems to be working just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miracle Worker Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 Will this work on a mac? Kingsoft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 Only on iPads and iPhones... but there are alternatives for the Mac; see here: https://alternativeto.net/software/wps-office/?platform=mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miracle Worker Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 Ok great thanks CG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugarplumfaerie Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 There is a Libre Office MAC OS X version. Apache Open Office which is very similar also has a MAC OS X version. Also free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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