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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeisabeach" data-source="post: 1929734" data-attributes="member: 38864">It'd be great to get away from MS if you can, but that is easier said than done. The more complex your documents are, the more likely they won't look right in other apps. If you have a business need for this, it may not be worth the risk. Thankfully, deals can be had for one-time purchases of MS Office. Randy periodically posts links to deals... I think the best a few months ago was 30 bucks for a lifetime license to Office 2021 was it? Here's one... good for just a couple more days. $50![URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://shop.appleinsider.com/sales/microsoft-office-home-and-business-for-mac-2021-lifetime-license?scsonar=1[/URL]EDIT: I know you mentioned concerns about being out-of-date, but really, I wouldn't sweat this. Randy already touched base on that but I'll also point out that Microsoft isn't going to abandon users very quickly either. They are well known for striving to maintain backwards compatibility, perhaps to their detriment at times! Office 2021 is already a Universal binary so barring a huge change in future versions of macOS that Office 2021 will choke on, you will be good to go for a while. And if that does happen? Well hey... $50 is much easier to swallow for a future version that will certainly keep you going for a few years or more.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lifeisabeach, post: 1929734, member: 38864"] It'd be great to get away from MS if you can, but that is easier said than done. The more complex your documents are, the more likely they won't look right in other apps. If you have a business need for this, it may not be worth the risk. Thankfully, deals can be had for one-time purchases of MS Office. Randy periodically posts links to deals... I think the best a few months ago was 30 bucks for a lifetime license to Office 2021 was it? Here's one... good for just a couple more days. $50! [URL unfurl="true"]https://shop.appleinsider.com/sales/microsoft-office-home-and-business-for-mac-2021-lifetime-license?scsonar=1[/URL] EDIT: I know you mentioned concerns about being out-of-date, but really, I wouldn't sweat this. Randy already touched base on that but I'll also point out that Microsoft isn't going to abandon users very quickly either. They are well known for striving to maintain backwards compatibility, perhaps to their detriment at times! Office 2021 is already a Universal binary so barring a huge change in future versions of macOS that Office 2021 will choke on, you will be good to go for a while. And if that does happen? Well hey... $50 is much easier to swallow for a future version that will certainly keep you going for a few years or more. [/QUOTE]

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