Windows is now an app for iPhones, iPads, Macs, and PCs

Re:Windows is now an app for iPhones, iPads, Macs, and PCs by 2Gkashmiri on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @01:00AM (#38359936)

i want to know beyond macros, where else is libreoffice lacking behind excel ?

i have been daily driving calc for a long time now and with each update it feels like they are fixing that one bug i did not remember last time but it is fixed this time.

yeah, then there is power query and power stuff but other than that, i mean for regular people at home or "regular" office stuff, this should be enough, what do you think?

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Re:Windows is now an app for iPhones, iPads, Macs, and PCs by gumby on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @01:46AM (#38360216)

For home use sure, libreoffice or Mac pages or even Google spreadsheet is adequate.

I do a bunch of financial modeling in excel and the custom formatting, formula construction and sheer number of formulas are useful — saves me from jumping to just writing a program. Honestly, writing a program would be easier for me, but the presentation would be a pain, especially losing the excel UX that lets someone else do “what if”.

Word has that same level of complexity or more, but it gets in the way. It’s easier to write a latex doc.

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