[Shop-talk] software

[Jim Stone]

My only addition to what has already been said is to ask if you frequently need to do collaborative work with others who use Office?  I happily used open software for years, but had to bite the bullet and get an Office license when I started doing work with a friend who was using Office.  While the open source software will let you save Office files, we often found minor, but annoying, differences going back and forth in formatting that created problems and extra work.  This was about 4 years ago and it may be better today, but I have stayed with MS to be safe.

> On Oct 6, 2020, at 4:29 PM, Larry Spector <lspector at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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 <mailto:tvacc at lotusowners.com>> wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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 <mailto:tims_datsun_stuff at outlook.com>>
> Cc: Shop Talk <shop-talk at autox.team.net <mailto: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
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 
> Shop-talk at autox.team.net <mailto:Shop-talk at autox.team.net>
> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html <http://www.team.net/donate.html>
> Suggested annual donation  $12.96
> Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk <http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk> http://autox.team.net/archive <http://autox.team.net/archive>
> 
> Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/bspidell@comcast.net <http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/bspidell@comcast.net>_______________________________________________
> 
> Shop-talk at autox.team.net <mailto:Shop-talk at autox.team.net>
> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html <http://www.team.net/donate.html>
> Suggested annual donation  $12.96
> Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk <http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk> http://autox.team.net/archive <http://autox.team.net/archive>
> 
> Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/lspector@gmail.com <http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/lspector@gmail.com>
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 
> Shop-talk at autox.team.net <mailto:Shop-talk at autox.team.net>
> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html <http://www.team.net/donate.html>
> Suggested annual donation  $12.96
> Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk <http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk> http://autox.team.net/archive <http://autox.team.net/archive>
> 
> Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/1789alpine@gmail.com <http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/1789alpine@gmail.com>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk/attachments/20201006/577f300f/attachment.htm>