[ogogmad]

Have you tried running Office over Wine?

Have you tried LibreOffice? Admittedly, I don't have to share complicated MS Office documents with other people, but I do like using LO.

[edit] Actually, there are some things about LO I'm not sure about: For instance, I don't know how to use their formula editor, and when I tried using it, I got confused and found another way of inserting mathematical symbols into my document. Also, I don't know how good the spell-checking is, since I don't have a spell-checker working on mine. So these are some caveats in my endorsement of LO.

[type0]

> I don't have to share complicated MS Office documents with other people, but I do like using LO.

If you do share documents, Excel files especially, you'll quickly find that people using MS Office wouldn't like you using LibreOffice.

[ogogmad]

I used it with some financial records from my bank, which were in Excel format. It worked fine for me. But these might not count as complicated Excel documents. Also, I never shared any of my changes with other people.

[BrightGlow]

The best solution there is to not send an Excel file. The most portable way is to export the data to CSV and send that.

[cassepipe]

Especially with the new HUD functionality in LibreOffice to find useful commands super fast : https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=LibreOff...

[quantumsolace]

I appreciate all the effort put into LO, or any complicated and sophisticated free (as in libre) project. I despise LO. I use gnumeric when I need a spreadsheet. Or grab my Mac.

I haven't tried running office in wine in over a decade, although I've realized they've achieved great things (by the games they support). I don't game, and all I need the Mac is MS Office, so I never tried again.