Excel on Mac App Store?

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Hi Mac Power Users,

I need a copy of Excel on my Mac. However, I don’t really want to pay for a license as it comes with all the extra office stuff that I don’t need or want.

Does anyone know if Microsoft has an Excel only download option?

I heard earlier this year that Excel is coming to the Mac App Store but I see it’s still not available. Has anyone heard any more updates on this?

Thanks in advance for any help!
Paul

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Thanks @JohnAtl I didn’t realise you could purchase standalone.

However, this seems more expensive than Office 365 personal. Or is it that your option is one-time and this is a subscription?

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That’s right.
You also have the option of buying office (rather than subscribing) at the link you posted.

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Have you considered LIbreOffice? It is open source and is compatible with Excel. Reads and writes .xlsx files. But I don’t think it will run Excel macros. OpenOffice is another open source MS-compatible suite. I’ve used both but find LibreOffice to run a little faster.

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No I haven’t, but thanks for the tip!