@_number8_@lemmy.world to AssholeDesign@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoPaid for MS Excel out of the goodness of my heart so now I get this popup every 2 hours...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1338
arrow-up1338imagePaid 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 • 1 year agomessage-square76fedilink
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@xpinchx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish14•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-square@jbk@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish3•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•9 months agoNot free, complementary. The price of the computer covers it.
minus-squareViklinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year 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 😅