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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 72209 Gender:	free office May 29^th, 2020 at 11:36am Just wondering Has anyone used freeoffice instead of microsoft office? https://www.freeoffice.com/en/ If so, how do you find it?
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Bias_2012 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 10304 Gender:	Re: free office Reply #1 - May 29^th, 2020 at 11:55am Just click the download button
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Reply #2 - May 29^th, 2020 at 12:11pm

Some of these might be worth a look

https://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-office-suite.htm

Also

https://www.techradar.com/au/best/free-office-software

6. FreeOffice

A free version of a premium suite, with most pro features intact

Supports Microsoft formats
Includes PDF reader
No thesaurus

Like WPS Office Free, SoftMaker FreeOffice provides analogs for Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint (TextMaker, PlanMaker and Presentations respectively).

As with all the free office suites in this roundup, there's support for Microsoft file formats from 1997 onwards. It also offers effortless conversion to both PDF and Epub formats, which is a welcome addition.

Unfortunately, some key features are exclusive to the premium version of the software. Some of these (like tabbed browsing) are nice to have but non-essential, but the lack of a thesaurus is a real drawback for anyone who writes on a regular basis.

FreeOffice doesn't look quite as smart as WPS Office, but if you dislike the Microsoft ribbon and find it unintuitive then you'll prefer the slightly more old fashioned approach to navigation.

You can read our review of FreeOffice here

Download SoftMaker FreeOffice
The paid for version adds thesaurus, administration features and caters for up to five PCs

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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 16400 Gender:	Re: free office Reply #3 - May 29^th, 2020 at 12:16pm No. I use LibreOffice which is free.
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Setanta Gold Member Offline \/ Peace man! Posts: 15914 Northern NSW Gender:	Re: free office Reply #4 - May 29^th, 2020 at 12:46pm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_office_suites
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Gordon Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20223 Gordon Gender:	Re: free office Reply #5 - May 29^th, 2020 at 12:51pm lee wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 12:16pm: No. I use LibreOffice which is free. John will love that because he uses Libra tampons.
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Redmond Neck Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 20696 ACT Gender:	Re: free office Reply #6 - May 29^th, 2020 at 12:59pm I have WPS Office on my mini laptop I use when travelling, it seems to function OK when editting windows office files.
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Bias_2012 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 10304 Gender:	Re: free office Reply #7 - May 29^th, 2020 at 1:24pm I just downloaded FreeOffice to my Mac, it went smoothly, but I can't use it because my OSX is too early
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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 72209 Gender:	Re: free office Reply #8 - May 29^th, 2020 at 2:26pm Gordon wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 12:51pm: lee wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 12:16pm: No. I use LibreOffice which is free. John will love that because he uses Libra tampons. yes, i use them to mop up your tears
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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 72209 Gender:	Re: free office Reply #9 - May 29^th, 2020 at 2:29pm i decided to buy microsoft student ... paid, hit download about 20 mins after i started this thread, and the damn thing is still on 2% downloaded i suspect it's frozen ... now i've gotta work out how to fix the damn thing
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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 72209 Gender:	Re: free office Reply #10 - May 29^th, 2020 at 2:53pm nope, it's finished downloading .... didn't move for hours than it downloaded in a matter of minutes I'm not happy with it though ... seems to be an online version. It wasn't what i wanted and it didn't say it was an online version in the information pack provided before i paid for it
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Reply #11 - May 29^th, 2020 at 3:00pm

John Smith wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 2:53pm:

nope, it's finished downloading .... didn't move for hours than it downloaded in a matter of minutes

I'm not happy with it though ... seems to be an online version. It wasn't what i wanted and it didn't say it was an online version in the information pack provided before i paid for it

Not related to Aussie are you?

Wink

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Reply #12 - May 29^th, 2020 at 3:01pm

Redmond Neck wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 3:00pm:

John Smith wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 2:53pm:

nope, it's finished downloading .... didn't move for hours than it downloaded in a matter of minutes

I'm not happy with it though ... seems to be an online version. It wasn't what i wanted and it didn't say it was an online version in the information pack provided before i paid for it

Not related to Aussie are you?

Wink

furq no. He's more likely to be related to you than to me.

but i'm not great on the technical stuff when it comes to pc's.

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Reply #13 - May 29^th, 2020 at 3:03pm

John Smith wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 3:01pm:

Redmond Neck wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 3:00pm:

John Smith wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 2:53pm:

nope, it's finished downloading .... didn't move for hours than it downloaded in a matter of minutes

I'm not happy with it though ... seems to be an online version. It wasn't what i wanted and it didn't say it was an online version in the information pack provided before i paid for it

Not related to Aussie are you?

Wink

furq no. He's more likely to be related to you than to me.

but i'm not great on the technical stuff when it comes to pc's.

Neither is he!

Wink

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Re: free office
Reply #14 - May 29^th, 2020 at 3:07pm

Redmond Neck wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 3:03pm:

John Smith wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 3:01pm:

Redmond Neck wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 3:00pm:

John Smith wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 2:53pm:

nope, it's finished downloading .... didn't move for hours than it downloaded in a matter of minutes

I'm not happy with it though ... seems to be an online version. It wasn't what i wanted and it didn't say it was an online version in the information pack provided before i paid for it

Not related to Aussie are you?

Wink

furq no. He's more likely to be related to you than to me.

but i'm not great on the technical stuff when it comes to pc's.

Neither is he!

Wink

neither are millions of people ...did you really think i was related to them all? Cheesy

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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 47364 At my desk.	Re: free office Reply #15 - May 29^th, 2020 at 5:09pm Unless you are running a businesses, you should not need to pay for the microsoft stuff.
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 95270 Melbourne Gender:	Re: free office Reply #16 - May 29^th, 2020 at 5:10pm freediver wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 5:09pm: Unless you are running a businesses, you should not need to pay for the microsoft stuff. Microsoft charges me $13 per month to use Office.
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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 72209 Gender:	Re: free office Reply #17 - May 29^th, 2020 at 8:14pm freediver wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 5:09pm: Unless you are running a businesses, you should not need to pay for the microsoft stuff. i just paid $190 for the student version, which gives me access to word, excel and powerpoint. I did notice that once I downloaded it, the price dropped to $150 ... ^%#$# *()()&
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juliar Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 22966	Re: free office Reply #18 - Jun 22^nd, 2020 at 2:03pm Ubuntu LINUX office software is GRATIS, FREE and NO CHARGE and just as good as Microsoft's Office.
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Reply #19 - Jun 22^nd, 2020 at 5:52pm

While Australia is under 'cyber' attack from all directions.
I've cut down on 90% of my online associations. I no longer keep 'accounts' attached in any shape or form and just stick to minimal interaction. There is no 'real' certain guaranteed 'protection', even from the most expensive 'Government' protections, etc.
Privacy is a luxury in this day and age and the less of me online (beyond time spent) - the better.
K.I.S.S

Millions get lost via 'online muggings' than the usual $50 in a back alley mugging these days in Australia.

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AIMLESS EXTENTION OF KNOWLEDGE HOWEVER, WHICH IS WHAT I THINK YOU REALLY MEAN BY THE TERM 'CURIOSITY', IS MERELY INEFFICIENCY. I AM DESIGNED TO AVOID INEFFICIENCY.

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