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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-11,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: The problem with not owning the software
Date: 29 Dec 2024 21:00:37 GMT
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On 29 Dec 2024 16:39:41 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:

>   And of course I still get the occasional .doc[x] attachment from
> someone who only *needs* a note-taking program, but only *has* (or knows
> how to use) Word. Luckily my current Windows 11 seems to grok such
> files, at least I didn't have to install LibreOffice since I got it,
> over two years ago. Knock on wood.

That's my annoyance with Excel. Any xls document I've ever gotten was a 
freeform notepad with handy rows. I can't recall ever getting a xls where 
there were any manipulations on the cells. When all you know how to use is 
a hammer...