May I ask for a few examples of things you do in Excel that don't have a replacement?
replyThe vast majority of people I have seen using Excel don't know how to write a formula. Now they just started copy-pasting whatever ChatGPT was telling them to copy-paste, but well... and anyway all the alternatives do support formulas of course.
There are plenty of functional replacements. However there are zero replacements that emulate the same keystrokes and keyboard shortcuts and all other aspects of hard-won muscle memory like function names and quirks of behavior.
replyWhen companies don't want their employees to work remotely and force them to come to the office because they think it's more profitable, it's not like they give a shit what the employees think.
replyWhy would they give a shit about the little comfort of the employees who don't want to learn new shortcuts?
It's been years since I've really tried to exercise Excel (and haven't used it--or Libre Office--in a long time). Pivot tables, a number of the other data-related functions... Just a bunch of things I'm not going to spend a couple of days digging into. Google Workspace works fine for my needs.
replyPivot tables have been in Calc for years. Do you have any current, specific examples of things you need from Calc that it can't do?
replyBut then it really sounds like "yeah, Excel does have alternatives"?
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