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I want to switch (back) to Linux, but I'm a heavy user of Excel, so I'm considering my options.

1. Run an alternative such as OnlyOffice or LibreOffice but there are lots of issues (compatibility not 100%, some features missing, would have to re-learn all keyboard shortcuts or use the mouse)
2. Run Office 2021 (or whatever is the newest version) in a Windows VM and access via Winapps (https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps)
3. Run an older version of Office in Wine/Crossover and live with the fact that I'm missing some of the newer functions (e.g. MAXIFS, MINIFS, IFS, UNIQUE, XLOOKUP)

For the third option, what is the last version of Office that runs reliably on Crossover? By reliable I mean NO crashes NO bugs NO lost data.

The first answer might be "none" but personally I only need the three core apps - Excel, Word, Powerpoint - and I don't need any of the cloud functionality (Onedrive, Onenote). I could also live without Macros and Addins. All I need is these three core apps to work perfectly. I also don't want to use Office 365, but one of the stand-alone one-time payment versions.

Looking at the compatibility database, it seems that Office 2021 and 2019 don't really run. Office 2016 has four stars (not sure if that's really production ready?), Office 2013 for some reason only three, and Office 2010 four stars again.

Hi
I use 365 on linux mint.
Excel is the one which works the best, but there are issues with power query and some other functions.
Word is OK no more. PowerPoint crashes a lot.
All these with codeweaver 21. I tried vsrsion 22, it was half a disaster so i when back to 21.
Regards
Jean

I've been using Office 2010 for well over a decade on Crossover. Word runs great, Excel and Powerpoint both works well too, although I haven't used either as heavily as Word in that time.
(I'm using Ubuntu)

In my experience, any version of word and excel works fine. However, in my experience, only very old (2007-2013 level) versions of powerpoint work properly. outlook only works for me if i disable hardware acceleration.

If you are looking for a good MS office alternative you might try Softmaker Office for Linux. It runs native under Linux and is compative with Microsoft Office file types DOCX, XLSX and PPTX
I used it since years under Linux and I'm very happy with it

https://www.softmaker.com/en/

I second the comment about SoftMaker Office. I ran SoftMaker Office for years as a substitute for MS Office. Once I switched to Linux, I bought their SoftMaker Office Pro for Linux. Still happy with it. Last time I used MS Office was around 2010.
SM Office is well worth the fee, which is a fraction of what MS asks for. I use the Non-Subscription version.

I used to run Office 2013 and it worked pretty well. Just make sure to run the 32-bit version.