<div dir="ltr">Have you looked at using the Google Suite tools? I use Google Sheets (Excel clone) and Google Docs (Word clone) and while not as full featured, they do the trick for my purposes. Both allow you download as .pdf files.<div><br></div><div>-Larry</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 4:17 PM Tony Vaccaro <<a href="mailto:tvacc@lotusowners.com">tvacc@lotusowners.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_-2635748848842268916WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">This is the business I am in. Use <a href="http://www.libreoffice.org" target="_blank">www.libreoffice.org</a> for the office suite and use <a href="http://www.foxitsoftware.com" target="_blank">www.foxitsoftware.com</a> for the free pdf reader.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">And just as an aside, ESET.com is the best anti-virus software out there. Not free, but it is the best.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Tony V<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Anthony Vaccaro<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">President <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Lotus Owners of New York (LOONY)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.lotusowners.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://www.lotusowners.</span><span style="color:blue">com</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">President<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Lotus Ltd<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.lotusltd.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://www.lotusltd.com</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br><br><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Shop-talk <<a href="mailto:shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bob Spidell<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 06, 2020 3:47 PM<br><b>To:</b> Tim . <<a href="mailto:tims_datsun_stuff@outlook.com" target="_blank">tims_datsun_stuff@outlook.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Shop Talk <<a href="mailto:shop-talk@autox.team.net" target="_blank">shop-talk@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Shop-talk] software<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Look into ‘OpenOffice.’ It’s open source/shareware ... it has Word and Excel equivalents (dunno about pdf export though).<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br><u></u><u></u></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">On Oct 6, 2020, at 12:42 PM, Tim . <<a href="mailto:tims_datsun_stuff@outlook.com" target="_blank">tims_datsun_stuff@outlook.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Had to buy a new laptop. For years I've been using an office products suite license that I bought years ago. As each old laptop dies, I get another used one, move the license, etc etc. <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">This Win10 machine won't run this old software. No surprise there. <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Sooooooo.....I need Word and Excel for my side hustle. I am not against buying stand alones if I have to but if I am seeing this correctly, they are now only "annual licenses" that would have to be renewed each year. What a crock...er, I mean racket. <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">I looked at open source but there are so many that I quickly got confused. <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">One thing that is a must have is creating an invoice in Word then saving it as a pdf for sending to our customers. If none of the open source stuff has this feature, then I'd be forced to go with Word. <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Shop content: I am selling buying and selling parts that are stored in my garage shop and my basement shop. <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Thanks all<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">tim<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">_______________________________________________<br><br><a href="mailto:Shop-talk@autox.team.net" target="_blank">Shop-talk@autox.team.net</a><br>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Suggested annual donation $12.96<br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/bspidell@comcast.net" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/bspidell@comcast.net</a><u></u><u></u></p></div></blockquote></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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