Excel Substitute

[omoore]

After years of Microsoft as a national magazine editor, I switched to WPS
Office on retirement. It's free. Mimics Word, Excel and PowerPoint
effortlessly. Plus it can convert a .doc to a PDF and visa versa.
Oliver
73 Glenbrook
Patterson Motor
Thorley headers
Alcoa Wheels

 

[adolph santorine]

Kingsoft.

One of the few pieces of Chinese software I’ll actually use.

I’m using a Mac and have been very happy with Pages, Numbers and Keynote.

Dolph Santorine

DE AD0LF

Wheeling, West Virginia

1977 ex-Palm Beach TZE167V100820
Howell EFI/EBL , Reaction Arms, Manny Transmission

>
> After years of Microsoft as a national magazine editor, I switched to WPS
> Office on retirement. It's free. Mimics Word, Excel and PowerPoint
> effortlessly. Plus it can convert a .doc to a PDF and visa versa.
> Oliver
> 73 Glenbrook
> Patterson Motor
> Thorley headers
> Alcoa Wheels
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[john phillips]

What about LibreOffice Calc?

On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 1:23 PM Adolph Santorine via Gmclist <

> Kingsoft.
>
> One of the few pieces of Chinese software I’ll actually use.
>
> I’m using a Mac and have been very happy with Pages, Numbers and Keynote.
>
> Dolph Santorine
>
> DE AD0LF
>
> Wheeling, West Virginia
>
> 1977 ex-Palm Beach TZE167V100820
> Howell EFI/EBL , Reaction Arms, Manny Transmission
>
>
> > On Aug 3, 2020, at 4:17 PM, Oliver Moore via Gmclist <

> >
> > After years of Microsoft as a national magazine editor, I switched to
> WPS
> > Office on retirement. It's free. Mimics Word, Excel and PowerPoint
> > effortlessly. Plus it can convert a .doc to a PDF and visa versa.
> > Oliver
> > 73 Glenbrook
> > Patterson Motor
> > Thorley headers
> > Alcoa Wheels
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[justin brady1]

Google Drive does all of it for free.
Also saves everything as you go and saves online so you can get it from any computer.
Multiple people can edit if they are invited.
I honestly don't know why anyone uses any other software (including microsoft) at this point.
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1976 Palm Beach 455

 

[Keith V]

"I honestly don't know why anyone uses any other software"
Because I avoid google as much as possible
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Google Drive does all of it for free.
Also saves everything as you go and saves online so you can get it from any computer.
Multiple people can edit if they are invited.
I honestly don't know why anyone uses any other software (including microsoft) at this point.
--
Justin Brady
http://www.thegmcrv.com/
1976 Palm Beach 455

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[Matt Colie]

Oliver,

Thanks for the pointer, I will soon have to abandon Corel because of the maintenance costs, so the suggestion is welcome.

Matt Colie
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OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
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[Will Albers]

I'm with Justin - We use Google Drive for everything as my content is
available on every machine i own without effort. But... if the Fear of
Googles keep you up at night, why not use OpenOffice?

On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 1:41 PM Matt Colie via Gmclist <

> Oliver,
>
> Thanks for the pointer, I will soon have to abandon Corel because of the
> maintenance costs, so the suggestion is welcome.
>
> Matt Colie
> --
> Matt & Mary Colie - '73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
> Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan
> OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
> SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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[billvv]

Matt...
Try Inkscape - open source.
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'76 Royale; Guemes Island, Washington; Twin bed, full (DS) side bath, Brazilian Redwood counter and settee tops,455, 6KW generator; new owner a/o mid
November 2015.

 

[Jim Hupy]

I had Corel, kinda learned how to use it, thought it was great, then they
went to charging school. Every time I went to use it, they wanted more
money. I finally gave up using it altogether. If you were using it every
day, it has all the bells and whistles one could ever need. Just not a good
fit for the occasional user. That's my take on it, anyway. I am a P.C.
user, not Apple.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon

On Tue, Aug 4, 2020, 10:41 AM Matt Colie via Gmclist <

> Oliver,
>
> Thanks for the pointer, I will soon have to abandon Corel because of the
> maintenance costs, so the suggestion is welcome.
>
> Matt Colie
> --
> Matt & Mary Colie - '73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
> Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan
> OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
> SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
>
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[justin brady1]

To each his own, but avoiding google is like avoiding sunshine these days :d

> "I honestly don't know why anyone uses any other software"
> Because I avoid google as much as possible
> ________________________________
> From: Gmclist on behalf of Justin Brady via Gmclist
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>
> Google Drive does all of it for free.
> Also saves everything as you go and saves online so you can get it from any computer.
> Multiple people can edit if they are invited.
> I honestly don't know why anyone uses any other software (including microsoft) at this point.
> --
> Justin Brady
> http://www.thegmcrv.com/
> 1976 Palm Beach 455
>
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[Jim Hupy]

If you think that Google is the only service that keeps tabs on you, I have
some great Ocean view property near Quartzite for sale.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon

On Tue, Aug 4, 2020, 11:27 AM Justin Brady via Gmclist <

> To each his own, but avoiding google is like avoiding sunshine these days
> :d
>
>

> > "I honestly don't know why anyone uses any other software"
> > Because I avoid google as much as possible
> > ________________________________
> > From: Gmclist on behalf of Justin Brady via Gmclist
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2020 7:59 AM
> > To: gmclist
> > Cc: Justin Brady
> > Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Excel Substitute
> >
> > Google Drive does all of it for free.
> > Also saves everything as you go and saves online so you can get it from
> any computer.
> > Multiple people can edit if they are invited.
> > I honestly don't know why anyone uses any other software (including
> microsoft) at this point.
> > --
> > Justin Brady
> > http://www.thegmcrv.com/
> > 1976 Palm Beach 455
> >
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[billvv]

I used Open Office for quite a while, but it started having problems. Found out that the Libre Office branch of Open Office was updated much more
frequently. Been working great!

https://comparisons.financesonline.com/google-docs-vs-libreoffice
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'76 Royale; Guemes Island, Washington; Twin bed, full (DS) side bath, Brazilian Redwood counter and settee tops,455, 6KW generator; new owner a/o mid
November 2015.

 

[Ken B]

I have been using Open Office for years and years and years and like it better than Excel. I came from the Lotus 123 Crowd.
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Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana

 

[jim gunther]

There must be SOME Visicalc users out there....not current users but that's the "Killer App" that got me to buy a TRS-80 (48K Memory w/ 2 floopy disc)
for my job. Spent $2,500. of MY OWN money (no printer) - No regrets really.

In a related matter, I'm still on Word (2007 I think) -I'd like to find a simple (AND FREE) program or app that converts any doc to PDF. Any
suggestions?
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Jim Gunther
www.LotusV6.com

now former owner - ;(

73 GMC-II 2600
by Explorer

 

[peer oliver schmidt]

> In a related matter, I'm still on Word (2007 I think) -I'd like to find a simple (AND FREE) program or app that converts any doc to PDF. Any
> suggestions?

FreePDF is used as a printer driver. Therefore, anything that can be
printed, can be made into a PDF.

Libre/OpenOffice is able to export to PDF as well.

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'76a 26' Eleganza II - Virginia, US
'73 23' Sequoia - Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

 

[Ken H.]

Oh, yeah. I started out on Visicalc -- when it was the first and only
choice, in 1978, IIRC. That's the same year two programmers and I began
the development of accounting and scheduling programs for radio stations --
for a station owner who had the first GMC Motorhome I ever saw. When we
got the programs going, he set up a computer desk in the GMC to give
on-site demonstrations. The original development was on TRS-80's with 4
floppy discs. Before we were done, the R-2000 had come along and he became
the first OEM for the equivalent Tandy 2000. So our first deliveries were
Tandy 2000's with two 8" floppy drives. The hard disk (10MB, IIRC) came
available about the time we sold all the rights to the programs to him and
moved on.

Ken "VERY Early Micro User" H.

On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 12:06 PM Jim Gunther via Gmclist <

> There must be SOME Visicalc users out there....not current users but
> that's the "Killer App" that got me to buy a TRS-80 (48K Memory w/ 2 floopy
> disc)
> for my job. Spent $2,500. of MY OWN money (no printer) - No regrets
> really.
>
> In a related matter, I'm still on Word (2007 I think) -I'd like to find a
> simple (AND FREE) program or app that converts any doc to PDF. Any
> suggestions?
> --
> Jim Gunther
> www.LotusV6.com
>
> now former owner - ;(
>
> 73 GMC-II 2600
> by Explorer
>
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[billvv]

For printing PDFs....
I use 'CutePDF', which is a printer driver for Windows. Once installed, it will show up in the list of printers to select in any program's 'Print'
function. Select it, and it will print as a PDF and ask for a location to store it.
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Bill Van Vlack
'76 Royale; Guemes Island, Washington; Twin bed, full (DS) side bath, Brazilian Redwood counter and settee tops,455, 6KW generator; new owner a/o mid
November 2015.