[Shop-talk] software

[Tony Vaccaro]

This is the business I am in.  Use www.libreoffice.org <http://www.libreoffice.org>  for the office suite and use www.foxitsoftware.com <http://www.foxitsoftware.com>  for the free pdf reader.

And just as an aside, ESET.com is the best anti-virus software out there.  Not free, but it is the best.

Tony V

 

Anthony Vaccaro

President 

Lotus Owners of New York (LOONY)

 <http://www.lotusowners.com> http://www.lotusowners.com

President

Lotus Ltd

 <http://www.lotusltd.com/> http://www.lotusltd.com



 

From: Shop-talk <shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Bob Spidell
Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2020 3:47 PM
To: Tim . <tims_datsun_stuff at outlook.com>
Cc: Shop Talk <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] software

 

Look into ‘OpenOffice.’ It’s open source/shareware ... it has Word and Excel equivalents (dunno about pdf export though).

 





On Oct 6, 2020, at 12:42 PM, Tim . <tims_datsun_stuff at outlook.com <mailto:tims_datsun_stuff at outlook.com> > wrote:

 

Had to buy a new laptop. For years I've been using an office products suite license that I bought years ago. As each old laptop dies, I get another used one, move the license, etc etc. 

 

This Win10 machine won't run this old software. No surprise there. 

 

Sooooooo.....I need Word and Excel for my side hustle. I am not against buying stand alones if I have to but if I am seeing this correctly, they are now only "annual licenses" that would have to be renewed each year. What a crock...er, I mean racket. 

 

I looked at open source but there are so many that I quickly got confused. 

 

One thing that is a must have is creating an invoice in Word then saving it as a pdf for sending to our customers. If none of the open source stuff has this feature, then I'd be forced to go with Word. 

 

Shop content: I am selling buying and selling parts that are stored in my garage shop and my basement shop. 

 

Thanks all

tim

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