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Freeoffice is nice but it does not have the ability to work with older Microsoft documents. It can open them but no editing. I need that capability because my archives contain close to around 500 or more older MS Word documents that I need access to. Some of those documents were made with Office 97 for Windows.

Thanks for that info. I will not rent software and that seems the path MS is taking with Office 365. I will probably purchase the full version of Softmaker when I have some extra $$$. I also have some old Word and Excel files that might not let me edit them.
 
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Freeoffice is nice but it does not have the ability to work with older Microsoft documents. It can open them but no editing.

That didn't sound right, so I just tried it to check...and it isn't.

FreeOffice can open files the older Microsoft file formats, AND it CAN edit them all that you want...it just can't re-save them in the older Microsoft format, you have to save in the newer Microsoft format.

I don't think that's a huge problem for most people. But if it is, the commercial versions of SoftMakerOffice can save in both the older and newer Microsoft formats.
 

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Right you are Charlie. I had forgotten about that earlier thread. Thanks.

BTW I got an email from them today. A couple of the versions of SoftMaker are on sale for the next few days I think


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I received that same email. Take note that the sale is only for the subscription versions. But overall not a bad deal for the one year special.
 

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That didn't sound right, so I just tried it to check...and it isn't.

FreeOffice can open files the older Microsoft file formats, AND it CAN edit them all that you want...it just can't re-save them in the older Microsoft format, you have to save in the newer Microsoft format.

I don't think that's a huge problem for most people. But if it is, the commercial versions of SoftMakerOffice can save in both the older and newer Microsoft formats.

This is what they (Softmaker Office web site) says:

FreeOffice reads the old Microsoft formats DOC, XLS, and PPT seamlessly. SoftMaker Office can also save in these formats.

I didn't see anything that stated those older formats could be edited? However, I'm assuming they can be edited but only to the XML format. (DOCX, etc.)
 
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This is what they (Softmaker Office web site) says:

FreeOffice reads the old Microsoft formats DOC, XLS, and PPT seamlessly. ...
I didn't see anything that stated those older formats could be edited?



It's sort of implied...but I can definitively tell you that it can also edit them because I tested it.
 

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