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What will they use Word and Excel for that can't be replaced by docs and calc? We already have automated time tracking software.
VBA scripts. I have a friend who works in the radio/telcom industry...but ends up doing a bunch of other stuff. This friend makes extensive use of VBA scripts to get the job done. You can't do that on the web version, and you can't do it in Calc.
Word is just for document interchange. Other businesses and clients use Word documents, and they don't display reliably correctly in any other program but Word.
VBA scripts are notorious for being security weaknesses but I guess they are still used in some places
My friend's response:
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