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pequa1

pequa1

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I am going to have to replace my PC within a year as Windows 10 will no longer receive updates and my PC comes just short of meeting 11's requirements.
My question is that I have been using Word 2016 and Excel 2016 and want to be able to review, retrieve and modify many of the saved files. Without breaking the bank
and purchasing the latest version of Microsoft Office, are there freeware spreadsheet and word processor programs out there that would be able to see these files created by the 2016 version of MS Office ? Which ones should I look at ?
 
My 5 year old PC came with Win 10, which I upgraded to Win 11 a few years ago. I’ve run Office 2016 on both OS’s without any issues.
 
I've had some subtle formatting issues when taking Word documents into the Google version, but it worse with documents created in the Google version and then trying to print them. No comments on Excel and its Google counterpart since nobody sends me spreadsheets.

After running Office for over 25 years, even subtle changes in the command key strokes, drives me nuts; the fingers are hard wired. If you demand absolute fidelity of the Word file, then you'll need to be using MS Office. Office 16 runs fine on Windows 11 machines, and you can get some good deals on Office 19 on Groupon. I even got Office 2024 on Groupon for real cheap, like $25, but to do it there were some gyrations. The deal forced you to run Office by logging onto the servers of the company who was offering the deal and downloaded it from there, so you were tied to them, a big no-no to me.

However if you write a nice review of their deal, they send you the key code so I was able to download the MS software directly onto my computers and run it from them, divesting the need to be tied to their server. This is more of a "Kids, don't try this at home" event, but I found it well worth it. Here's the link: Cheapo Office 2024
 
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Roccus7 said:
I've had some subtle formatting issues when taking Word documents into the Google version, but it worse with documents created in the Google version and then trying to print them. No comments on Excel and its Google counterpart since nobody sends me spreadsheets.

After running Office for over 25 years, even subtle changes in the command key strokes, drives me nuts; the fingers are hard wired. If you demand absolute fidelity of the Word file, then you'll need to be using MS Office. Office 16 runs fine on Windows 11 machines, and you can get some good deals on Office 19 on Groupon. I even got Office 2024 on Groupon for real cheap, like $25, but to do it there were some gyrations. The deal forced you to run Office by logging onto the servers of the company who was offering the deal and downloaded it from there, so you were tied to them, a big no-no to me.

However if you write a nice review of their deal, they send you the key code so I was able to download the MS software directly onto my computers and run it from them, divesting the need to be tied to their server. This is more of a "Kids, don't try this at home" event, but I found it well worth it. Here's the link: Cheapo Office 2024
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Keeping on the cloud has too many advantages to mention. And now Google just offered up some ai stuff for free.
 
Roccus7 said:
And too many security dangers to mention. Having a "personal cloud" is so simple with an NAS or two in your local network. NOBODY gets to store my data, but me...
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yup, when my phone tells me my "cloud is full" and I can't back up, I think, "good," "they" can't get to that !

But back to my original q., "which freeware spreadsheet and word processor programs out there would be able to 'see' and modify the files created by me over the years on the 2016 version of MS Office ?"
 
pequa1 said:
which freeware spreadsheet and word processor programs out there would be able to 'see' and modify the files created by me over the years on the 2016 version of MS Office ?"
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You got the answer above, the only thing I can say is that there are sometimes minor formatting differences with the Google version of Word, whatever they call it. I cannot comment if that occurs with Excel because nobody has ever sent me a Google version of an Excel Spreadsheet.

And Windows 11 works fine with Office 2016...

Capeesh????
 
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