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Sep 13, 2022

Hi,
I have a subscription to MS Office 365, then I have the Softmaker Suite and Libre Office.
On the CAT side I have Cafetran, Wordfast PRO (for Mac), MemoQ 9.10, Studio 2022, DVX.
Here goes my question: Do I still need MS Office or can I unsubscribe it? Only app I would regret is OneNote, but Evernote does a good job, too.
Agreed, 69 €/year is not a big deal, but still ...

[Edited at 2022-09-13 12:19 GMT]
 
Samuel Murray
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@Wolfgang Sep 13, 2022

Wolfgang wrote:
I have a subscription to MS Office 365...

Since Microsoft stopped shipping a DOC/DOCX file viewer, having the full version of Office is the only way to view DOC/DOCX files in a trusted tool. Neither Softmaker Office nor LibreOffice is reliable at displaying all or most DOC/DOCX files.
 
WolfgangS
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Reliable ...? Sep 13, 2022

Samuel Murray wrote:

Wolfgang wrote:
I have a subscription to MS Office 365...

Since Microsoft stopped shipping a DOC/DOCX file viewer, having the full version of Office is the only way to view DOC/DOCX files in a trusted tool. Neither Softmaker Office nor LibreOffice is reliable at displaying all or most DOC/DOCX files.


Thanks Samuel.
What do you mean by reliable? I never had any sort of problem, so far, with displaying DOC/DOCX files using Softmaker or LibreOffice.
Actually, I should be more precise: Is there any CAT tool among those mentioned that strictly "requires" MS Office?

[Edited at 2022-09-13 12:33 GMT]
 
Michael Davies
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Do I still need MS Office or can I unsubscribe it? Sep 13, 2022

If I recall correctly, Trados Studio makes use of MS Word (part of Office 365) for grammar and spelling checks (F7). I don't know if it would be able to use, e.g., Libre Office instead.
 
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Optional Sep 14, 2022

Michael J.H. Davies wrote:

If I recall correctly, Trados Studio makes use of MS Word (part of Office 365) for grammar and spelling checks (F7). I don't know if it would be able to use, e.g., Libre Office instead.


The spell checker in Trados can be either Hunspell (default) or Ms Office.

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