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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1835286" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>You have never had to worry about that. Microsoft Office files are what is known as "binary compatible" across platforms. In other words, they are identical; no translators necessary. Also, Microsoft has an excellent record on keeping file compatibility with files that are quite old. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Microsoft offers both a Home version and a Business version of Office, that you can purchase directly from them...at least they do in the U.S.:</p><p></p><p>Office 2019 stand-alone for home ($150 US)</p><p><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/store/cart" target="_blank">Shopping cart - Microsoft Store</a></p><p></p><p>Office 2019 stand-alone for business ($250 US)</p><p><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/cart?rtc=1" target="_blank">Shopping cart - Microsoft Store</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You should be aware that there are a lot of third parties on the Web that are claiming to be Microsoft authorized resellers selling what they claim are legitimate copies of Office for what seem to be huge discounts. These are NOT legitimate copies. They MAY install and work fine...but if you have any problems with them you can forget about getting tech support from Microsoft. And if you need to migrate your copy from one computer to another at some point, you may find that to be impossible.</p><p></p><p>Before you shell out a lot of money for MS Office, may I make a suggestion? Try this product, which is NOT a Microsoft product, but which is extremely similar, and which has EXCELLENT file compatibility with MS Office file formats, but which is FREE:</p><p></p><p>FreeOffice (free)</p><p><a href="https://www.freeoffice.com/en/" target="_blank">www.freeoffice.com - FreeOffice for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android</a></p><p>FreeOffice is impressive in it’s features, and it may be all that many users need. It can open older (and the latest) Office file formats, but will only save in the latest Office file formats.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: silver"><span style="font-size: 9px">- - - Updated - - -</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1835286, member: 190607"] You have never had to worry about that. Microsoft Office files are what is known as "binary compatible" across platforms. In other words, they are identical; no translators necessary. Also, Microsoft has an excellent record on keeping file compatibility with files that are quite old. Microsoft offers both a Home version and a Business version of Office, that you can purchase directly from them...at least they do in the U.S.: Office 2019 stand-alone for home ($150 US) [url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/store/cart]Shopping cart - Microsoft Store[/url] Office 2019 stand-alone for business ($250 US) [url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/cart?rtc=1]Shopping cart - Microsoft Store[/url] You should be aware that there are a lot of third parties on the Web that are claiming to be Microsoft authorized resellers selling what they claim are legitimate copies of Office for what seem to be huge discounts. These are NOT legitimate copies. They MAY install and work fine...but if you have any problems with them you can forget about getting tech support from Microsoft. And if you need to migrate your copy from one computer to another at some point, you may find that to be impossible. Before you shell out a lot of money for MS Office, may I make a suggestion? Try this product, which is NOT a Microsoft product, but which is extremely similar, and which has EXCELLENT file compatibility with MS Office file formats, but which is FREE: FreeOffice (free) [url=https://www.freeoffice.com/en/]www.freeoffice.com - FreeOffice for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android[/url] FreeOffice is impressive in it’s features, and it may be all that many users need. It can open older (and the latest) Office file formats, but will only save in the latest Office file formats. [COLOR="silver"][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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