Re: The problem with not owning the software

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...