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Aug 1, 2014
10:27:02am

supertux

Don't ever ask the computer guys at Staples/Best Buy and expect a correct answer

These guys are clueless.

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supertux

Previous username: Hot Extrusion
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Joined: Nov 29, 2012
Last login: Nov 25, 2023
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Guy at the store said it was impossible to edit Microsoft Office docs with a

byubyu

8/1/14 9:49am

Here you go

BYUheaven

8/1/14 9:51am

Have you used it for excel files? I don't use them often, but I also

byubyu

8/1/14 9:56am

Why can't you edit in in Google drive/docs?

Pete

8/1/14 9:51am

That's patently false.

benny1982

8/1/14 9:51am

That's not true anymore. Google Docs can natively edit Office docs now

DapperDan

8/1/14 9:51am

office online works too

coastercrazy

8/1/14 9:52am

Or even iCloud would work.

Pete

8/1/14 9:54am

This. If you store them in onedrive, you can use microsoft's online excel, word,

jaromp

8/1/14 10:38am

You can either edit them with Google docs or LibreOffice

CSoul

8/1/14 9:52am

Curious to what store you were at?

8/1/14 9:54am

Staples ha ha. Wasn't really shopping for a laptop, just one caught my eye.

byubyu

8/1/14 9:56am

Don't ever ask the computer guys at Staples/Best Buy and expect a correct answer

supertux

8/1/14 10:27am

I had a coworker still going nuts in 2013 about the incompatibility of office

Shimmy

8/1/14 10:02am

You can open Office docs, but I'm not sure if you can save them in Office format

Yoshinobu

8/1/14 10:04am

You can download or email the files in Word or RTF format

Cougar-Duck

8/1/14 10:17am

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