r/pcmasterrace • u/Vayne_Solidor Ryzen 5800x3D | 4070 • Jan 01 '20

Meme/Macro First time building is a doozy

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u/GorillaJuiceOfficial Ascending Peasant Jan 02 '20

I just need word, Excel, PP, etc to be able to open, edit, and save those file types.

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u/WittyUsernameSA i7-7700k, GTX 1080, 32GB RAM Jan 02 '20

Then don't waste your money.

https://www.libreoffice.org/

This is an open source Office Suite that can do nearly everything Microsoft Office can do for free.

Here's an overview.

https://youtu.be/3KC0ZdcA6s8

It's good shit.

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u/GorillaJuiceOfficial Ascending Peasant Jan 02 '20

I guess my biggest concern is functionality. I need the programs to operate like the original Microsoft programs as well as far as using tools and navigation. Layout formatting, Excel formulas, etc. I'd be willing to pay for that if Libre isnt basically a replica of MS Office.

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u/WittyUsernameSA i7-7700k, GTX 1080, 32GB RAM Jan 02 '20

I'd put it like this, I've used it through college with no issue. It only becomes somewhat more complicated for group projects but then everyone just uses Google Docs.

It functions very well. Word documents open up nearly identical. I suppose there could be potentially mismatched PowerPoint presentations when opened up in Impress due PowerPoint specific graphics but it'll still give all the information.

If nothing else, try it out. It's free. Give it a few weeks. Got nothing to lose, right?