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Re:The Windows 11 Trash Party by trelane on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @11:29AM (#35615315)
Except for compatibility (which will always be questionable with proprietary formats), I don't think most folks actually need Word or Excel. Most folks aren't delving into VBA and such, they just need a bunch of interlinked cells with a little math.
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Re:The Windows 11 Trash Party by regularfry on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @12:30PM (#35616240)
Compatibility is 90% of the problem, though. While it might be tempting to think that most people might not need Excel, the important thing to realise is that they think they do, the people who are sending them spreadsheets to look at think they do, and your beliefs aren't going to change that.
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Re:The Windows 11 Trash Party by trelane on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @01:34PM (#35617141)
Yep. But the first thing to do when you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging
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Re:The Windows 11 Trash Party by regularfry on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @09:57AM (#35628199)
Step zero is to realise you're in a hole in the first place.
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