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Big Sur and now being told I need to pay $70 a year for Microsoft 365- is that my only solution to opening a word doc or excel

Big Sur and now being told I need to pay $70 a year for Microsoft 365- is that my only solution to opening a word doc or excel

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.2

Posted on Feb 22, 2021 2:23 PM

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Posted on Feb 22, 2021 2:34 PM

Another very good option is the free, open-source LibreOffice. It can open, edit and save MS Word documents in MS Word format or it's own format. It's more compatible with MS Office files than the Apple apps are.


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Big Sur and now being told I need to pay $70 a year for Microsoft 365- is that my only solution to opening a word doc or excel

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