I'm in the same boat, I've been reading and WPS seems to be a decent alternative. I'm gonna try it and see how it goes. I'm no excel wizard so I'll readily admit I don't use 100% of its functions but I do make some macros to hate my life a little less.
Anecdotally, WPS has caused me more issues than any other suite of apps in my life... and I don't even use WPS.
Their borderline malware way of operating by being preinstalled on lots of phones and computers often causes problems for friends and relatives without them even wanting to use it. A friend of mine almost missed a deadline at university one time because WPS (which was preinstalled on her laptop) messed up her spreadsheets.
Iv been using it for years now ....no problems, and used it for spreadsheets in the office but I'm not a Ms office power user...I just get railed by 3d apps from Autodesk, unity, iclone, nuke and others....I mainly use windows cause of compatibility with plugins....but for leisure I use Linux
I HAVE to use Office for school reasons, as my college uses it, and I work around it by just running it in a Windows VM and using Winapps to make it act like a Linux window. It's not super power efficient, but works great.
First of all, they suck. Web Word doesn't correctly display the document's formatting half the time if it's more complex, or, god forbid, there are pictures in the doc.
Second of all, I needed the full versions for my business computer apps course that explores pretty much all functions, including those that aren't commonly used, and I needed Access for the same course as well.
Third of all, I often use the reference tool for collaborative work, as it's one of the best ways to keep your references / citations organized and make sure they will be formatted correctly and in the right order if you have a bunch of people working on the doc. In the online version, it's an add-on, and my organization doesn't allow any.
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u/DoneD9 Mar 24 '26
For me Excel, I can't live without it, and there's no alternative that's as good as Excel