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Which proprietary software do you prefer over their open-source alternatives, and why? (lemmy.ml)
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  • [โ€“] 5 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Libre calc is a great replacement imo. It has support for excel vba macros, but you can also make macros in Python, JavaScript, and their own macro language. For the most part it's cross compatible with excel, but doesn't support their xlsm file type as far as I know.

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 3 years ago

    It's fine if you never leave Calc. If you're trying to use Calc at home and Excel at work, it's absolutely awful. Key bindings aren't the same. Basic things like auto completing formulas is different. It's terrible to flip between the two.

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