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MS Office or Apple Suite

I just received word that my MS Office 2016 will no longer be updated, supported, etc. I have the Apple suite but have not used it much. Should I also update MS Office at a price or just get used to Pages, etc.? I was a heavy user of MS when I was working but am only a light user now.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Dec 31, 2020 3:41 PM

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Posted on Dec 31, 2020 3:57 PM

If you want something free that is much more similar to MS Office than Pages etc. you may want to try Libre Office. It is very good. https://www.libreoffice.org/


Other options:

Either subscribe to Microsoft 365 or make a one-time purchase. See: https://products.office.com/en-us/buy/compare-microsoft-office-products-for-mac?ms.officeurl=mac-compare-redir


Or use the free Microsoft Office on the web: https://products.office.com/en-us/free-office-online-for-the-web

or Google Docs: https://www.google.com/docs/about/


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Dec 31, 2020 3:57 PM in response to dave3400

If you want something free that is much more similar to MS Office than Pages etc. you may want to try Libre Office. It is very good. https://www.libreoffice.org/


Other options:

Either subscribe to Microsoft 365 or make a one-time purchase. See: https://products.office.com/en-us/buy/compare-microsoft-office-products-for-mac?ms.officeurl=mac-compare-redir


Or use the free Microsoft Office on the web: https://products.office.com/en-us/free-office-online-for-the-web

or Google Docs: https://www.google.com/docs/about/


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