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[–] neblem@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

https://github.com/abraunegg/onedrive might be enough for your OneDrive needs, so you can get by only booting your VM when you truly need Desktop Excel.

[–] Tempy@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can't libre office's calc work with Excel files?

[–] neblem@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Yes, but there are some Excel formulas that LibreOffice can't do and while there is now some VBA compatibility its not 100%

https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Feature_Comparison:_LibreOffice_-_Microsoft_Office#Desktop_Spreadsheet_applications:_LibreOffice_Calc_vs._Microsoft_Excel