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ChemE75
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Aug 20, 2021

Totally bummed out

I probably should have expected this to happen eventually. Been using MS office for longer than I can recall. Most recent is Office 2010 pro which my former client installed when I was consulting so ...
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Rebecca_Keys
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Sep 14, 2021

Hi ChemE75, I'm so sorry to hear that. I'd encourage you to use Office on the web. It's the familiar Office experience with the newest features, but with no cost.

 

Here's the link to sign up if you're interested: https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/free-office-online-for-the-web

 

If you have any more concerns or issues with Office on the web, don't hesitate to reach out.

 

Thanks,

Rebecca K.

Office End of Support Program Manager

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ChemE75
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Nov 27, 2021

Rebecca_Keysjust not a big fan of being forced to use online services, free or not. I got the free open source LibreOffice now and it seems to do all I need - not really missing Office anymore.

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    Rebecca_Keys
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    Nov 29, 2021
    Got it, thanks Thomas! The team and I appreciate your response.
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      ChemE75
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      Dec 01, 2021
      Fwiw, I already have an acct for using onedrive and outlook as my backup email. However. Excel without macro ability is pretty useless except for the most basic of things. I reached out to my former client and they sent me a link to download office 2016 from the corp server. I offered to trade some engineering or CAD work. At least I can still leverage the macros I have in vba as I slowly transition to libre office.

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