LibreOffice
I think, in the advent of Windows 10 - most of us have come to realize that the way Microsoft wants to sell their Office suite products has 'evolved'. Annual subscription model is the thing now.
Adobe started it years ago - and every software maker now 'likes it' - for obvious reasons. And, to be fair, there are some advantages for users too - interacting with cloud (or application service provider) solutions that are always up-to-date and which don't take up space (although with todays drive size explosion - that's hardly a practicle consideration) on a user's machine.So when we purchased a new laptop I was faced with Microsoft's new office software purchase model - and not really loving any of the flavors, I went shopping for a free (read: open source) solution. After a little investigation, I found LibreOffice, installed it - and am actually quite happy with its component functionality which mimics the Word, Excel, Powerpoint, DB, Drawing experiences that we've all grown up with thanks to the Microsoft 'school of software indoctrination'. There might be a small glitch here and there - with 'translating' certain Microsoft file types - but only occasionally. On the whole - it works and when you're creating documents yourself - I think you'll find the process very satisfying (and familiar). \mf
