[Shop-talk] software

[Larry Spector]

Have you looked at using the Google Suite tools? I use Google Sheets (Excel
clone) and Google Docs (Word clone) and while not as full featured, they do
the trick for my purposes. Both allow you download as .pdf files.

-Larry

On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 4:17 PM Tony Vaccaro <tvacc at lotusowners.com> wrote:

> This is the business I am in.  Use www.libreoffice.org for the office
> suite and use 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
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> Anthony Vaccaro
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> President
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> Lotus Owners of New York (LOONY)
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> *http://www.lotusowners.com <http://www.lotusowners.com>*
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> President
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> Lotus Ltd
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> *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
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> Look into ‘OpenOffice.’ It’s open source/shareware ... it has Word and
> Excel equivalents (dunno about pdf export though).
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> On Oct 6, 2020, at 12:42 PM, Tim . <tims_datsun_stuff at outlook.com> wrote:
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> 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.
>
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>
> 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.
>
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>
> I looked at open source but there are so many that I quickly got confused.
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> 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.
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>
> Shop content: I am selling buying and selling parts that are stored in my
> garage shop and my basement shop.
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> Thanks all
>
> tim
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