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Re:Swiss authorities want to reduce dependency on Microsoft by Vaslo on Sunday April 19, 2026 @07:08PM (#47828538)
You can do all those things. But as someone who used VBA extensively and often got hired because of my automation skills, not having VBA and other aspects of excel would be a non-starter.
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Re:Swiss authorities want to reduce dependency on Microsoft by rolph on Sunday April 19, 2026 @07:38PM (#47828731)
your sure?

its really not that hard, and it might be useful, if MS ends up finding that final straw that breaks it for everyone, you would be better off having a head start and level ground, rather than staring up a wall for employment.

i recommend you orient to it, for future proofing.

scripting:

https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/shared/guide/...

API:

https://api.libreoffice.org/docs/idl/ref/annotated.html

BASIC:

https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/BASIC_Guid...

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