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cadamsdotcomyesterday at 12:11 PM2 repliesview on HN

Maybe in a VM.

Or try running via Wine.

You could also try LibreOffice or OnlyOffice and see if the documents are readable / writable.

Failing all that the web versions might work just fine.


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viraptoryesterday at 12:19 PM

Unless you need precise formatting because you will send someone nontrivial slides to present, libreoffice should be fine.

Excel really depends - if you're using it as a glorified document with a table, then libreoffice will do fine. If you need compatibility and more advanced features, or your whole company runs on excel like a financial corp - there's no alternative. VM in that case.

theandrewbaileyyesterday at 12:53 PM

> Failing all that the web versions might work just fine.

I use ~~Office 365~~ the Microsoft 365 Copilot App online all the time on Debian at work.