Microsoft Office renewal now up to $129.!

I’ve been thinking about biting the bullet and getting this. I use Libre at home for some stuff I play with. It’s okay, but Office at work is just better - I know it seems minor, but the color-coded parenthesis for formulas is just such an advantage. But I am checking out this thread to see if any other products I’m unfamiliar with get mentioned.

Well, since you asked, Zoho Sheet is another good web app option: Online Spreadsheet Software | Create Spreadsheets for Free - Zoho Sheet

It’s from a smaller Indian company, but they’ve been around forever. I haven’t used it in a while but remember it being good, with an interface more similar to Microsoft’s.

I was going to say, it’s $70 a year for me.

Since I am a Mac household, I went ahead and switched to Apple Pages and Numbers. They are more limited programs, but they can do all the things I need. I do run into issues where there are capabilities I used to do in Excel that are either difficult or non-existent in Numbers. But those are few and far between. On net, the Apple programs work as well as Office for the moderate but not advanced user.

As you might imagine, there is a significant learning curve. LibreOffice is easier to learn for an experienced Office user. OTOH, have a multi-trillion $ company dedicated to providing a fully compatible alternative to Office is a plus. Apple pushes out updates and improvements every couple of months. That is nice.