Free office suite – the evolution of OpenOffice. Compatible with Microsoft .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx. Updated regularly, community powered.
Man I hope that is just a me-issue, but I work with excel a lot for work and try to use libre office at home. And the excel alternative is not great. I can see the similarities to excel, but when I want to use it, I have a lot of trouble finding things and using them as I am used to.
You WILL be able to do basic things and I am sure it will almost always be possible to get to similar results, but the way there does not feel the same.
To answer the question, despite the few bugs and few formatting issues, YES, it is a decent replacement for MS Office.
Man I hope that is just a me-issue, but I work with excel a lot for work and try to use libre office at home. And the excel alternative is not great. I can see the similarities to excel, but when I want to use it, I have a lot of trouble finding things and using them as I am used to.
You WILL be able to do basic things and I am sure it will almost always be possible to get to similar results, but the way there does not feel the same.