RubbaJohnny Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 I see microsoft plan to lock out excel files with .csv from January.Any advice please? Welcome any advice on good alternates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballpoint Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Do you have any link to this? I've seen that Microsoft are stopping some addons to 360 in January, including Delve Blogs and invoicing, but nothing about locking out .csv files. In fact, many of the sites reporting on the phasing out of them recommend current users export their data to a .csv file in order to retain it in Excel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubbaJohnny Posted December 20, 2019 Author Share Posted December 20, 2019 I got a warning from ms when I tried to open some excel data today using Chrome Windows 10 with all updates. Try open an excel and you should see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubbaJohnny Posted December 20, 2019 Author Share Posted December 20, 2019 It may be 365 support is linked to Windows 7 which I read ends next month. I'd like to get a stable version that needs no updates or net connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post johng Posted December 20, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 20, 2019 https://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/ https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wgdanson Posted December 20, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 20, 2019 Libreoffice much better than Open Office, I think. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 4 minutes ago, wgdanson said: Libreoffice much better than Open Office, I think. I use that at home. Very good. Do you know of an opensource .pdf editor? I find them useful for completing forms/applications, but am limited to Foxit at the office. I would like one I can use at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgdanson Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 4 minutes ago, GarryP said: I use that at home. Very good. Do you know of an opensource .pdf editor? I find them useful for completing forms/applications, but am limited to Foxit at the office. I would like one I can use at home. https://pdf.wondershare.com/pdf-knowledge/open-source-pdf-editor.html 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 1 minute ago, wgdanson said: https://pdf.wondershare.com/pdf-knowledge/open-source-pdf-editor.html Thanks. I'll give it a try when I get home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traubert Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 I use Open Office and WPS. WPS is the better overall but it can be a bit clumsy until you get used to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubbaJohnny Posted December 20, 2019 Author Share Posted December 20, 2019 Thanks for all the ideas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignis Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Used WPS for a very long time find it perfect for all my needs, far better than M$, but then have used it for years so find it easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maybole Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 6 hours ago, wgdanson said: Libreoffice much better than Open Office, I think. I agree, I have been using it for more than 5 years 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAArdvark Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 19 hours ago, GarryP said: I use that at home. Very good. Do you know of an opensource .pdf editor? I find them useful for completing forms/applications, but am limited to Foxit at the office. I would like one I can use at home. Foxit Reader is free. It is not a full editor but you can use the Typewriter function to fill in forms. It is in the toolbar at the top. Just position the curser and type. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreasyFingers Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 (edited) 19 hours ago, GarryP said: I use that at home. Very good. Do you know of an opensource .pdf editor? I find them useful for completing forms/applications, but am limited to Foxit at the office. I would like one I can use at home. If it is only for completing forms I use the free version of Nitro Reader. Can add signatures as well. Edited December 21, 2019 by GreasyFingers addition 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell17au Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 (edited) I have not used Office 365 for about 8 years and I would never go back to a Microsoft Office system. I have used Apache Open Office since getting rid of Office 365 without any problems and for the PDF's I use Acrobat Reader DC and you can fill in your forms and add a signature to them. Edited December 21, 2019 by Russell17au Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pdavies99 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 On 12/20/2019 at 3:50 PM, wgdanson said: Libreoffice much better than Open Office, I think. Yes, you are right and it is compatible with android tablets and phones as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocky Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 +1 LibreOffice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acharn Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 (edited) LibreOffice (https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/libreoffice/) is free and available for Windows or Linux. I suppose it's available for Apple, too, but I consider Apple an abomination and do not pay much attention to it. The programs work very much the same as the Office programs, and there is on-line help, but some of it is very old and no longer applicable. The spreadsheet application is called Calc and handles .cvs files.There is another suite called Star Office, from Sun Microsystems, which is also free, but I don't know much about it. I do not trust the Google online tools. Edited December 21, 2019 by Acharn Add link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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