Feature Comparison: LibreOffice - Microsoft Office/id
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Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 General office suite: LibreOffice vs. Microsoft Office
- 3 Word processors: LibreOffice Writer vs. Microsoft Word
- 4 Spreadsheet applications: LibreOffice Calc vs. Microsoft Excel
- 5 Presentation software: LibreOffice Impress vs. Microsoft PowerPoint
- 6 Database program: LibreOffice Base vs. Microsoft Access
- 7 Most important LibreOffice extensions
- 8 See also
Introduction
This page compares the features of LibreOffice 6.3.3 (download) and Microsoft Office 2019 / 365. It separates major and minor feature differences and also includes notes on LibreOffice extensions. The comparison highlights differences and therefore does not display any features which are present in both office suites.
General office suite: LibreOffice vs. Microsoft Office
Major Feature Differences | LibreOffice 6.3 | MS Office 2019 / 365 |
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Cross-platform availability (desktop) | Template:Yes/id. Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Haiku. (based on the same code base). | Template:Partial/id. Windows and macOS. Windows and macOS versions have some document format compatibility problems, somewhat different feature sets and differences in the user interface; macOS version does not include the database application MS Access, does not include MS Publisher, and also lacks a number of other features (see below).
Feature inconsistencies/differences in Windows versions, between "MS Office 2019" sales version and the "Office 365" rental version: some features are being subsequently included only in the rental version (newly added features also differ between macOS and MS Windows) leading to inconsistencies in the feature set (see below). |
Supported versions of MS Windows | Template:Yes/id. Windows 7 SP1, 8, 8.1, 10, Server 2008, Server 2012, Server 2016. ([1]). Versions until LibreOffice 5.4 still also support Windows XP SP3, Vista. | Template:Yes/id. MS Office 2019 sales version: Windows 10; Server 2019. MS Office 365 rental version: Windows 7 SP1, 8.1, 10, Server 2008 R2, Server 2012, Server 2016 ([2]). |
Supported versions of macOS | Template:Yes/id. 10.9+ (Mavericks). ([3]). | Template:Yes/id. MacOS sales version: 10.12+ (Sierra). MacOS Office 365 rental version: 10.11+ (El Capitan) ([4]) |
Portable version that runs on USB flash disks (without installation) | Template:Yes/id (download) | Template:No/id |
Open Source | Template:Yes/id, licensed under MPLv2 and others. | Template:No/id, proprietary and closed-source |
Full integration of all office components | Template:Yes/id. From within each office component, files of all other components can be opened and be newly created. Central StartCenter with access to office modules, recently used files and templates. | Template:No/id |
Availability free of charge | Template:Yes/id (download, donate) | Template:No/id, proprietary software to purchase or rent. When subscription for the rental version ends, applications enter read-only mode (view or print) and no new documents can be created. The purchase-version is a perpetual license. One-month trial version available for the rental version (but not for the one-time purchase version). |
Extension availability | Template:Yes/id. Complex ecosystem of extensions (over 390 on extensions.libreoffice.org and over 800 on extensions.openoffice.org), including automatic updates. | Template:Partial/id. Partly, no centralized extension system for add-ons and macros. Microsoft AppSource for Office 365. [5] Office Apps not supported on macOS. |
Localization | Template:Yes/id. 116 languages (detailed list of languages supported by LibreOffice) | Template:Partial/id. 91 languages in Windows version, 27 languages in macOS version (display language for (some) office applications)[6], [7], [8] |
Support of Right-to-left![]() |
Template:Yes/id. Comprehensive support, based on HarfBuzz![]() |
Template:Yes/id. Supported on Windows, mobile and online versions and macOS. |
Additional writing aids | Template:Yes/id. Extended support (spell-check dictionaries, hyphenation patterns, thesaurus and grammar check, specialized dictionaries as extensions ([9], [10]). Detailed list of LibreOffice writing aids for over 150 languages. | Template:Partial/id. More limited, "proofing tools" for 92 languages in Windows version, 58 in macOS version [11], [12],[13] |
Language technology | Template:Yes/id. Comprehensive support, based on the most popular spellchecking library Hunspell
LibreOffice Language Technology – News & Best practices, YouTube, Hunspell 1.7, LibreOffice vs MS Office, Better coverage: words, Unicode, morphology, 3 false alarms in Word, zero in Writer |
Template:Partial/id. Limited |
Support of complex languages and special smart-font features (ligatures, true small caps, old style numbers, proportional or mono-spaced numbers, capital spacing, and true superscript/subscript) | Template:Partial/id. Full support of SIL Graphite font technology ([14],[15]) and full support of OpenType optional features ([16],[17],[18]) by syntax and UI (tdf#58941). See also LibreOffice Smart Font HowTo. Support for Apple Advanced Typography (AAT) available on all platforms. Interoperability: No support for optional OpenType features in OOXML, and ODF 1.2 doesn’t provide OpenType optional features support (support scheduled for ODF 1.3) | Template:Partial/id. Limited via OpenType supporting ligatures, stylistic sets, number spacing options, number forms, and contextual alternates. [19] Support for optional OpenType features in OOXML. |
Support of font variation | Template:Partial/id. Limited support for font rendering on screen, no support for printing and PDF export. tdf#108497 | Template:Partial/id. Limited support for font rendering on screen, no support for printing and PDF export. |
Easy access to vector clip art | Template:Yes/id via LO Gallery (clipart extensions ([20] or [21])). Extension for the integration of clipart from OpenClipart.org. Additional toolbar control to insert Emojis (experimental: tdf#100100) | Template:Partial/id. Selection of clip art more limited. Extended selection of "icons". |
Macro scripting languages | Template:Yes/id. Multiple languages, support for wide variety of languages (LibreOffice Basic, JavaScript, BeanShell, and Python). Import and export of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), see ([22] and the release notes). | Template:Partial/id. Single language, support for Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Indirectly also Visual Basic or Visual C# by using automation. |
CMIS protocol support to access Document Management Systems | Template:Yes/id. Support for Alfresco, Google GDrive, Nuxeo, MS SharePoint, MS OneDrive, IBM FileNet Lotus Live Files, Lotus Quickr Domino, OpenDataSpace, and OpenText ELS. (tdf#62437) | Template:Partial/id. Inbuilt support only for MS SharePoint and MS OneDrive |
Support of ISO standards OpenDocument Format (ODF)![]() |
Template:Yes/id. Advanced support, ODF v1.2 extended | Template:Partial/id. Limited support in MS Windows version, and online version, ODF v1.2. Support of ODF in macOS version and mobile versions (Android, iOS, Windows 10 Mobile) are limited and require the use of an online file format conversion service. [23] [24] [25] |
PDF export extended options | Template:Yes/id. Multiple options (Additional options: Tagged PDF, Time stamp protocol![]() ![]() |
Template:Partial/id. High or low quality PDF, page and markup to print in Access, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint [26]; pictures resolution and non-printing informations in Publisher. No support for font embedding of OpenType CFF fonts in PDF export [27]. |
Document classification | Template:Yes/id. Document classification in Writer, Calc, and Impress according to TSCP-standards (also with multiple policies). See: [28] and [29]. | Template:Partial/id. No inbuilt document classification system, but Information Rights Management (IRM) supported |
Import of SVG vector graphics (.svg, .svgz) | Template:Yes/id | Template:Yes/id. .svg files supported |
Import of Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) vector graphics (.eps) | Template:Yes/id (with some rendering issues: tdf#81497, tdf#67464) | Template:No/id. Support for .eps images entirely removed in Office 2019 and rental version ([30]. In Office 2016 sales version, it was [31]) turned off by default due to security issues, but could be manually enabled via Windows registry. There were general rendering issues of .eps files in PDF export ([32]). |
Insert PDF as an image into documents | Template:Yes/id ([33]) | Template:No/id |
Creation of Hybrid PDFs (ODF file embedded in PDF for full editing) | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Import from raster graphics software: Adobe Photoshop (.psd) | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Import from vector graphics / DTP software: CorelDraw (v1-X7), Corel Presentation Exchange, Adobe/Macromedia Freehand (v3-11), Adobe PageMaker, Zoner/Callisto Draw (.zmf), QuarkXPress 3.1 to 4.1 | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Import of MS Visio files | Template:Yes/id. Supported (Visio 2000-2013) | Template:No/id (only via MS Visio which is not part of MS Office) |
Import of video and audio formats FLAC Audio (.flac), Flash Video (.flv), Matroska Media (.mkv), OGG Audio, Ogg Video, Quicktime Video, WebM Video, Real Audio (.ra), Real Media (.rm), Digital Video (.dv), Audio Codec (.ac3), and Ogg Opus (.opus) | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Drawing and vector graphics software | Template:Yes/id. LibreOffice Draw, drawing and vector graphics software that supports pages (up to 300cm x 300cm), layers, numerous drawing tools and DTP features. | Template:Partial/id. MS Powerpoint provides some features of a drawing software. |
PIM and email software | Template:No/id. Not part of LibreOffice, referring to alternative PIM software such as Mozilla Thunderbird. See the comparison on this wiki: Mozilla Thunderbird vs. Microsoft Outlook.
Mail Merge Wizard sends out emails directly from LibreOffice without email software. LibreOffice-wide access to address books via Base. |
Template:Yes/id. MS Outlook |
Desktop publishing (DTP) software | Template:Partial/id. Writer supports many advanced DTP features (see section on Writer in this comparison table). Draw supports frame-based DTP features. Import of MS Publisher files (and from other DTP software) in Draw. | Template:Yes/id. MS Publisher |
Integrated Development Environment (IDE) feature set | Template:Partial/id. The BASIC Integrated Development Environment (IDE) does not have: 1. Refactoring facilities (Renaming affects dependencies/Extract Method/Extract interface etc.) (tdf#92251, tdf#94524, tdf#94526, tdf#94527, tdf#94528, tdf#94529, tdf#94530); 2. Intellisense (or any other code completion functionality) such as auto-code-completion and showing the properties and methods of an object (tdf#66185); 3. Error checking (the IDE actually knows its symbols). | Template:Yes/id. Supported with Visual Basic for Applications and/or additional purchase of Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio (Windows-only). macOS version only supports a simplified Visual Basic Editor. |
Import & Export of Microsoft OOXML files | Template:Partial/id. Good and extended support of real life OOXML files (e.g. .xlsx, .docx, .pptx), standardized (transitional) OOXML files, as well as import of OOXML-strict files. [34] | Template:Yes/id. Advanced support of transitional (default) and strict OOXML files |
PDF Import | Template:Partial/id, into Draw and Writer with the limitation that text is imported line-based (tdf#32249). | Template:Yes/id, into MS Word |
Versions of office suite for mobile operating systems (smartphones, tablets) | Template:Partial/id. LibreOffice for iOS/iPadOS available; a port for Android is in development; viewer for Ubuntu Touch/UBPorts.
Android: LibreOffice Viewer for Android available, with basic and experimental editing features; current version v14/v15 (April 2018) on Google Play is rated as buggy and unstable. New LibreOffice Android app is in development and available in the Android Beta channel: [35]. More information: Android port wiki, Commits, [36], [37]. iOS/iPadOS: LibreOffice for iPhone and iPad available: Collabora Office in the Apple AppStore. More information: Collabora press release, Adfinis press release, LibreOffice as an iOS app on the iPad; Announcement for iOS; Commits: [38], [39]. Ubuntu Touch/UBPorts: The Document Viewer is powered by LibreOfficeKit (LibreOffice 5) and supports viewing most file types supported by LibreOffice. |
Template:Yes/id. Android, iOS and Windows Mobile. Mobile versions for smartphones and tablets with Android and iOS with restricted features set, for 'Windows 10 Mobile' smartphones with heavily restricted feature set. Professional users as well as users on tablets >10.1 inch are required to have an eligible Office 365 subscription at a monthly fee. Private users are allowed to view and print documents without registration private users, basic editing functionality requires registration. More comprehensive features require an eligible Office 365 subscription at a monthly fee. |
Online/cloud version of office suite | Template:Yes/id. Libreoffice Online 6.3.3 / Collabora Online 4.0 with full document support and rendering fidelity, as well as collaborative editing. Advanced but reduced editing functionality compared to the desktop version. Online version supports Vereign compatible authentication & document signing. [40], [41], [42], [43], [44], [45]. See also: LibreOffice Online port development. | Template:Yes/id. Office web apps, with advanced features, but reduced functionality compared to the desktop version. ([46]) |
Integration of online office suite into (third-party) collaboration software and groupware / content management systems | Template:Partial/id. Integration of LibreOffice Online in: OwnCloud and Nextcloud, Kolab,Pydio, Seafile,IceWarp, AG-I Solutions, Alinto, VNCLagoon, EGroupware, Univention App Center, Kopano Documents, LibreOffice Online powered by CIB, Collabora Online, Corteza Community Server, Alfresco, Roove, Zimbra ([47]). See also this list: Availability of LibreOffice Online. | Template:Partial/id. MS Office Online Server integration in MS SharePoint |
Availability of online office suite in (third-party) online services / Free & commercial office cloud hosts | Template:Partial/id. Variety of available service providers: UrBerri, eqipe, New Access, Arawa, Artistanbul, TransfertPro, Extensys,Rono-IT, SecuredStore, StudioStorti,united hoster, Option Service Télécom, AggreCost, Webo.hosting, FileCloud, Retention Range, Workman.net.au, OffiDocs, CiviHosting, ETES, Sunjun, opendsi, GMS, OpenLogic, SwissStash, iOffice Cloud, cloudplan, EGroupware, ZenTao, SwissVON, CQ Net, Mijncloudoffice, mentorITe, PowerFolder, GMX Online Office, Mail.com Online Office, Web.de Online Office, hostiso.com, Kolab Now, Crest Tech. See also this list: Availability of LibreOffice Online. | Template:Partial/id MS OneDrive |
Synchronous collaborative editing | Template:Partial/id. Collaborative editing in LibreOffice online version (Writer, Calc and Impress). Not available in the desktop applications (tdf#73831), see development information: Collaborative Editing and Track changes. | Template:Yes/id. Supported in online versions of MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Partial support in desktop applications via OneDrive or MS Sharepoint. Support in desktop applications varies: "Real-time typing" in MS Word, Powerpoint, "Co-authoring" in MS Excel (not supported in MS Powerpoint and MS Excel in MS Office 2019 sales version; MS Powerpoint 2019 sales version only allows for co-authoring (syncing after saving file). Simplified "sharing" of office documents in MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint via OneDrive, OneDrive for Business, or SharePoint. AutoSave feature, which automatically saves every few seconds, is supported in MS Word, MS Excel, and MS Powerpoint, if files are stored on OneDrive, OneDrive for Business, or SharePoint Online (Not available in MS Office 2019 sales versions on macOS and Windows. Real-time collaboration for MS Word supported in MS Office 2019 sales version on Windows). |
User Interface approach | Template:Yes/id. Highly customizable UI concept "MUFFIN" [48],[49]: Available user interfaces: (1) Classic UI with multiple toolbars mode, and Sidebar panel. (2) Single Toolbar mode, and Sidebar panel. (3) Notebookbar Tabbed UI. (4) Notebookbar Grouped Compact UI. (5) Notebookbar Tabbed Compact UI. (6) Notebookbar Contextual Single UI (Writer and Draw). Customization possible: Several icon themes available (Karasa Jaga, Breeze, Breeze Dark, Colibre, Elementary, Sifr, Sifr Dark, Tango). | Template:Partial/id. Ribbon UI; Colour themes (on MS Windows: Colorful, Dark Gray, Black, White. On macOS: Colorful, Classic; Dark mode (not supported in Office 2019 sales version on macOS)) |
User interface improved to enable use on touch screen devices on desktop operating systems. | Template:No/id (tdf#102015) | Template:Partial/id. Slightly adjusted user interface for touch screen devices, but no redesign. |
Keyboard driven menu system (search function to better find features in office suite). | Template:No/id. Only via help system. On Ubuntu Unity support for Head-Up-Display (HUD) system. (tdf#91874) | Template:Yes/id. Tell Me search bar. |
Accessibility checker | Template:No/id. Extension for text documents: AccessODF | Template:Yes/id [50]. |
Chat with other authors (collaborative editing) | Template:No/id. | Template:Yes/id. In-app chat with co-authors for shared files on SharePoint Online or OneDrive for Business. Not supported for OneDrive Consumer or any other storage location. Non-persistent chat (history not preserved; new users see only newly incoming messages). (Not supported in MS Office 2019 sales version; not supported on Android and iOS). [51]. |
Integration of instant Messaging (IM), voice, video, or screen sharing. | Template:No/id. | Template:Yes/id. Skype integration (not supported in macOS version). |
Dictation / speech recognition | Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id in MS Word, MS Powerpoint, MS Outlook. Voice audio is sent to Microsoft cloud servers and returned as text. (Not supported in MS Office 2019 sales version on Windows and macOS) |
Inserting and editing 3D models | Template:No/id (previous support in Impress for glTF (.dae/.kmz) 3D models removed in version 6.0) | Template:Yes/id in Powerpoint, Word, and Excel. Insert animated 3D graphics in Powerpoint, Word, and Excel (Supported in Windows rental version, not supported in MS Office sales versions.) |
Support of color fonts | Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id [52] |
Support of math fonts | Template:No/id (tdf#103680), workaround using TexMaths extension with XeLaTeX compiler. [53] | Template:Yes/id |
Minor Feature Differences | LibreOffice 6.3 | MS Office 2019 / 365 |
Import of graphics formats DXF, MET, PBM, PCD, PCX, PGM, PPM, PPM, RAS, SGF, SVM, TGA, XBM, XPM | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Import of Classic Mac OS legacy vector and bitmap graphics formats: BeagleWorks, ClarisWorks, GreatWorks, MacPaint, MacWorks, SuperPaint, MacDraw, MacDraw II, RagTime for Mac 2-3, ClarisDraw, MacDraft | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Import of additional video and audio formats: CD Audio, Vivo Video. | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Drawing features: Arrow endings | Template:Yes/id. Substantially wider selection, including Crow’s feet notation | Template:No/id. Less supported arrow endings |
Document converter wizard | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Euro currency converter wizard | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Expert config to access a multitude of settings from UI | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Support for multiple color palette formats: Gimp (.gpl), Adobe Swatch Exchange (.ase), LibreOffice/Apache OpenOffice (.soc) | Template:Yes/id (note: tdf#92354) | Template:No/id |
Import MathML formula from clipboard | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Import of StarOffice binary file formats .sdc, .sda, .sdw | Template:Partial/id. Basic support | Template:No/id |
Digital signatures / Signature Line | Template:Yes/id. Multiple signatures, including OOXML signatures. Round-trip with MS Office problematic (tdf#58442, tdf#58476). Import/export of PDF signatures. Support of XAdES![]() |
Template:Yes/id (OOXML/XML-DSig and XAdES signatures) |
Convert SVG image to shapes / polygon | Template:Yes/id. Conversion supported in LO Draw. Additionally opening SVG files directly as shapes is supported in LO Draw. (tdf#115571) | Template:Yes/id |
Enhanced list of recent files and folders | Template:Partial/id (tdf#61174, tdf#60743). Option to clear list of recent documents. Selectively delete Recent Documents (in StartCenter) | Template:Yes/id (option to set recent files as permanent) |
Custom colours in formula editor | Template:Partial/id. Set of 16 colours (tdf#40436) | Template:Yes/id |
Third-party software dependencies | Template:Partial/id. Java runtime environment (JRE) installation required for certain - but not most - features of the software. Java is notably required for Base. (tdf#34809) | Template:Yes/id. Not required |
Shortcut keys for accented Latin characters | Template:No/id (tdf#71176), workaround using Unicode conversion, see Unicode character input with Alt+X | Template:Partial/id. Limited support |
Inserting audio / video / pictures from online sources | Template:No/id (tdf#42246). Work-around: Download of online video and embed it in presentation (incl. Flash videos) | Template:Partial/id [54] Insert online pictures in Word, Excel, Powerpoint. |
Collaboration with @mentions in comments | Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id, in PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Outlook. Supported in rental version, not supported in MS Office sales versions.[55] |
Quick access to email attachments | Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id, "Shared with me" feature in PowerPoint, Excel, Word. |
Streaming of office applications/office on demand | Template:No/id (possible via third party services) | Template:Yes/id ([56]) |
Ink drawings / annotations (e.g. on touch- and pen-enabled devices) | Template:No/id (tdf#35092), (only support for import of existing ink annotations from MS Word file format) | Template:Yes/id. Several pens, highlighters, colors and color effects, and pencils for inking to draw/annotate/highlight. Lasso Select (free-form tool for selecting ink). Ink replay feature (Not supported in macOS version) |
Recognition of shapes from ink drawings | Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id. [57] supported in MS Word, MS Excel, and MS Powerpoint |
Recognition of text from ink drawings | Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id. [58] Conversion of ink to shapes in MS Powerpoint and MS Word (Not supported in MS Office 2019 sales version and only available on Windows 10; not supported in macOS sales version) |
Automatic background removal of a picture | Template:No/id (tdf#103424) | Template:Yes/id. Supported in MS Windows version (not supported in macOS version) |
Live preview while formatting | Template:No/id (tdf#37048) | Template:Yes/id |
Inserting a screenshot from within applications | Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id |
Import of graphics formats: MEZ, EMZ, WMZ, PCZ | Template:No/id (tdf#103954) | Template:Yes/id |
Export to XPS format![]() |
Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id |
Support for Touch Bar on Apple MacBook Pro | Template:No/id (tdf#105803) | Template:Yes/id (macOS only) |
Word processors: LibreOffice Writer vs. Microsoft Word
Major Feature Differences | LO Writer 6.3 | MS Word 2019 / 365 |
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Handling of captions for graphics or image boxes | Template:Yes/id. Stable layout | Template:No/id. Layout problems |
Styles (page styles, frame styles, list styles) | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Overlining of text | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id. No, but complicated workaround |
Master documents for longer texts | Template:Yes/id. Master documents and Master document templates supported | Template:No/id. Supported but deprecated because it causes file corruption |
Redaction tool / sanitization of classified information | Template:Yes/id. Supported. Redaction tool. | Template:No/id |
Register-true feature / register accuracy (DTP-feature) | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Business card wizard | Template:Yes/id (release notes) | Template:No/id |
Text auto completion of words already used before | Template:Yes/id [59] | Template:No/id |
XForms documents creation | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Mathematical calculations in tables | Template:Yes/id. Complex calculations | Template:No/id. Only basic arithmetic |
DocBook import & export | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Export to MediaWiki (Wikipedia) format | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Export to XHTML | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Export to EPUB![]() |
Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Export document as image(s) | Template:Yes/id. Supported, image formats: .jpg, .png | Template:No/id |
Import of Apple Pages documents | Template:Yes/id. Support for Pages v1-5 [60] | Template:No/id |
Working with large documents | Template:Yes/id. Stable layout | Template:Partial/id. Some layout problems [61] |
Extended label creation features (release notes) | Template:Yes/id (generic database access, synchronise content) | Template:Partial/id |
Frames | Template:Yes/id. DTP-like features like text in multiple columns and text-wrap around graphics | Template:Partial/id. Concept of "horizontal frames" is more limited |
DirectCursor (allows to enter text anywhere on a page) | Template:Yes/id | Template:Yes/id. Supported, under the name Click and type (advanced option) |
Table styles | Template:Partial/id (release notes 5.3 and release notes 6.0) (tdf#34391). | Template:Yes/id |
PDF export of comments | Template:Partial/id. Export of comments according to PDF specification (via "File" > "Export as PDF"). PDF export of comments: inside the margin, at end of page, at end of document (activation complicated, only via: "Tools" > "Options" > "LibreOffice Writer" > "Print" (tdf#77650)) | Template:Partial/id. Export only as comments inside margin |
Grammar check | Template:Partial/id. out of the box only 4 languages (English, Russian, Hungarian and Brazilian Portuguese) extensions: e.g. Languagetool for 28 languages plus 14 language variants (level of language support varies; 7 languages with more than 1000 rules), Grammalecte for French, CoGroo for Brazilian Portuguese |
Template:Yes/id. 21 languages (plus 1 language variant) were supported in MS Office 2013 with additional costs) ; no information on supported languages in MS Office 2016. Grammar check on macOS version limited to few languages. |
Style sets (for paragraph styles) | Template:Partial/id. Different. Templates provide this functionality, but more difficult to handle. Helpful extension: Template Changer (tdf#89286). Experimental design themes: (tdf#45176, tdf#90497) | Template:Yes/id. Supported ("document themes") |
Use of LaTeX syntax for formulas | Template:No/id. Extension: TexMaths | Template:Yes/id. Ability to type math using the LaTeX syntax (Not supported in macOS version) |
Vertical alignment (top/center/bottom) of content on page | Template:No/id (tdf#36117), workarounds via frame/table | Template:Yes/id |
Picture styles & additional effects | Template:No/id (tdf#59906), but effects are preserved on import and export. | Template:Yes/id |
View changes in the right margin in "track changes" mode | Template:No/id (tdf#34355) | Template:Yes/id |
Diagonal borders in tables | Template:No/id (tdf#51665) | Template:Yes/id |
Extended reading mode of documents | Template:No/id (tdf#55168) | Template:Yes/id |
Collapse and expand parts of a document | Template:No/id (tdf#47746) | Template:Yes/id |
Instant messaging while collaborating on document | Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id ([62]) |
Minor Feature Differences | LO Writer 6.3 | MS Word 2019 / 365 |
Protected cells in tables (allows better creation of forms) | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Open erroneous .doc files | Template:Yes/id. Better recovery mode ([63],[64]) | Template:No/id. More frequently denies opening those files |
Wizard to create personalized letter templates | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Import & Export Unified Office Format text | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Import & Export AportisDoc (Palm), PocketWord documents | Template:Yes/id. Supported (requires Java) | Template:No/id |
Import of AbiWord files | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Import of eBook formats: FictionBook 2.0, BroadBand, Plucker (Palm), eReader (Palm), zTXT (Palm), TealDoc (Palm), PalmDoc (Palm) | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Import of legacy Mac OS word processing documents: MS Word for Mac (1-5.1), MS Works for Mac (1-4), ClarisWorks/AppleWorks, Write Now, MacWriteII/MacWritePro, DOCMaker 4, FullWrite Professional, HanMac Word-K/J, LightWayText for Mac 4.5, Mariner Write Mac Classic 1.6-3.5, MindWrite Document, Nisus Writer Mac Classic 3.4-6.5, TeachText/SimpleText 1, Tex-Edit 2, WriterPlus, Z-Write 1.3, eDOC 2, Acta Mac Classic, BeagleWorks/WordPerfect Works 1, GreatWorks, MacDoc 1, MoreMac 2-3, RagTime for Mac 2-3 | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Import of DOS/Windows legacy word processing documents: Microsoft Word for DOS, Microsoft WinWord 5, Microsoft Word 6.0 / 95, Microsoft Write, Hangul WP97, Text 602 (T602), Lotus WordPro | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Logo toolbar and interpreter | Template:Yes/id. [65] | Template:No/id |
Format text of all comments in document | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Conditional text | Template:Yes/id ([66], [67](PDF) [68]) | Template:Partial/id ([69], [70]) |
Automatic replacement of Emojis | Template:Yes/id. supported. Additional toolbar control to insert Emojis (experimental: tdf#100100) | Template:Partial/id. Manual creation of replacement lists |
Number of columns per table in document | Template:Yes/id. Unlimited columns | Template:Partial/id. Limited to 63 columns |
Multi-line headings for chapters | Template:Yes/id. Multi-line headings for chapters by allowing a line break as separator between a chapter number and its name (in Chapter Numbering dialog) | Template:Partial/id. Only via work-around [71] |
Maximum page size | Template:Yes/id. 300cm x 300cm | Template:Partial/id. 55.87cm x 55.87cm |
Bibliographic features | Template:Partial/id. Basic inbuilt support. Excellent free extensions: e.g. Zotero, Bibus, JabRef as well as proprietary extensions. | Template:Yes/id. Inbuilt support. Excellent free extensions: e.g. Zotero as well as proprietary extensions. |
Advanced find & replace / Special characters | Template:Partial/id (tdf#38261). See List of Regular Expressions. Extension: Alternative dialog Find & Replace for Writer | Template:Yes/id |
Complex Outline numbering / Multilevel list | Template:Partial/id. Different numerically equivalent format not supported (tdf#35217) | Template:Yes/id |
Default keyboard shortcuts | Template:Partial/id. Less default shortcuts ([72]) | Template:Yes/id. More default shortcuts ([73]) |
Add watermarks to pages | Template:Partial/id. Support for text watermarks. Workaround for picture watermarks via adding image to header/footer. | Template:Yes/id (text and picture watermarks) |
Complex/rich text formatting in comments (e.g. bullet points, text color, images, tables) | Template:No/id. Some formatting features are supported, e.g. font type, font size, bold, italics, underline, text alignment (align, centered, justified). (tdf#81458) | Template:Yes/id |
Document/text translation | Template:No/id (tdf#34058), extension: TradutorLibreText. | Template:Yes/id ([74]) |
Decorative page borders | Template:No/id (tdf#39270) | Template:Yes/id |
Horizontal split view of the same document | Template:No/id (tdf#31481), workaround: Windows > New Window to clone document window. | Template:Yes/id |
Outline view | Template:No/id (tdf#38262), workaround: Navigator > Content View to drag and promote/demote headings | Template:Yes/id |
Draft view | Template:No/id (tdf#67698) | Template:Yes/id |
Upload to blog servers | Template:No/id, extension: Sun Weblog Publisher. | Template:Yes/id (Sharepoint Blog, Wordpress, Blogger, Windows Live Spaces, Community Server, TypePad, MetaWebLog API) |
Digital pen usage / ink gestures | Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id [75]. (Not supported in MS Office 2019 sales version and not supported in macOS version) |
Transform document into a Sway web page | Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id. supported in MS Word. (Not supported in MS Office 2019 sales version and not supported in macOS version) |
Line by line reading of text | Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id. Line Focus (removes removes distractions) feature in MS Word. (Not supported in MS Office 2019 sales version and not supported in macOS version) |
Spreadsheet applications: LibreOffice Calc vs. Microsoft Excel
Major Feature Differences | LO Calc 6.3 | MS Excel 2019 / 365 |
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Spreadsheet functions (for details see Functions comparison of LibreOffice Calc and Excel) | Template:Yes/id. 506 functions (27 functions unique to Calc) | Template:Yes/id. 473 functions (19 functions unique to Excel) |
Unique Spreadsheet functions | Template:Yes/id. CURRENT, DDE, MONTHS, OPT_BARRIER, OPT_PROB_HIT, OPT_PROB_INMONEY, OPT_TOUCH, STYLE, EASTERSUNDAY, YEARS, DAYSINMONTH, DAYSINYEAR, GOALSEEK, ISLEAPYEAR, MULTIPLE.OPERATIONS, MULTIRANGE, MVALUE, NEG, ROT13, WEEKS, WEEKSINYEAR, FORECAST.ETS.MULT, FORECAST.ETS.PI.MULT, FORECAST.ETS.STAT.MULT, RAWSUBTRACT, REGEX, ROUNDSIG, FOURIER. Extension: Kanji to Phonetic provides PHONETIC function. | Template:Yes/id. CUBEKPIMEMBER, CUBEMEMBER, CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY, CUBERANKEDMEMBER, CUBESET, CUBESETCOUNT, CUBEVALUE, RTD, DBCS, CALL, REGISTER.ID, PHONETIC, YEN, FILTER, SORT, SORTBY, UNIQUE, SEQUENCE, RANDARRAY (tdf#126573). |
Comparison of two spreadsheet files | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Page styles (in addition to cell styles) | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Hyphenation of text in cells | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
AutoSpellcheck / Spelling as you type | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id ([76]) |
Export to XHTML | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Exporting of a single chart as image (e.g. jpg, png, svg, pdf) | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
OpenFormula standard | Template:Yes/id. Largely supported | Template:Partial/id |
Keep the copy of cells (usability of copy&paste) | Template:Yes/id. (Copy of cells is kept for pasting, even if the user does other tasks like typing or inserting cells) | Template:Partial/id in Windows rental version, not supported in MS Office 2016 sales version and not supported in macOS version. |
Import of Apple Numbers spreadsheet documents | Template:Yes/id. Support for Numbers v1-3 [77], see also this comparison | Template:No/id |
Maximum number of columns per sheet | Template:Partial/id. 1,024 (tdf#50916) | Template:Yes/id. 16,384 (256 in compatibility mode) |
Table styles | Template:Partial/id. ▸ ▸ ▸ as well as ▸ provide part of this functionality. (tdf#77569, tdf#44762,tdf#44763) | Template:Yes/id |
Record a macro | Template:Partial/id. Limited support [78] | Template:Yes/id |
Insert a graphic into a spreadsheet header or footer | Template:Partial/id. Inserted image cannot be resized nor cropped, usability issues. (tdf#74146) | Template:Yes/id |
Statistical / Analysis toolkit | Template:Partial/id. Built-in Data Statistics Wizard with additional features: Chi2-test, Logarithmic regression, Power regression | Template:Partial/id. Add-on, not activated by default. Additional features: Histogram, Random number generation, Rank and percentiles, and some more detailed options. |
Chart styles | Template:No/id (tdf#62925, tdf#62540, tdf#39097) | Template:Partial/id. Selection of some pre-set chart styles and layouts |
Power Pivot![]() |
Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id |
Additional chart types: Waterfall, Histogram, Pareto, Box & Whisker (Box plot), Treemap (Mosaic), Sunburst, Funnel | Template:No/id (tdf#74665, tdf#81530,tdf#70361,tdf#72992, tdf#97832) | Template:Yes/id. |
Relationships between tables, based on matching data in each table | Template:No/id (work around: using function VLOOKUP) | Template:Yes/id ([79]) |
Integration of external data sources | Template:No/id. Extension: New Jaguar Calc add-in provides SQLREQUEST function and Queryconnector provides graphical interface. | Template:Yes/id. Queries and data sources via "Power Query" and "Power BI" [80]. (SQL.REQUEST removed in favor of Power Query since MS Excel 2010) |
Forecasting data to predict future trends | Template:Yes/id. Extended set of forecast functions (based on exponential smoothing algorithm) | Template:Yes/id. Forecast functions and forecast charts (based on exponential smoothing algorithm) (not supported in macOS version) |
Import MS Access databases | Template:Partial/id. Via ODB file connected to database (needs MS Access installed on the system) | Template:Yes/id |
Multi-Core Processing / multithreading | Template:Partial/id. Parallel formula compiling on the CPU. OpenCL/GPU threading in Calc core ([81],[82]). Multithreading is work in progress: tdf#65046, [83], Presentation "Making Calc Calculate in Parallel". | Template:Yes/id. Starting in Excel 2010, the following features use multi-core processors: saving a file, opening a file, refreshing a PivotTable (for external data sources, except OLAP and SharePoint), sorting a cell table, sorting a PivotTable, and auto-sizing a column.
For operations that involve reading and loading or writing data, such as opening a file, saving a file or refreshing data, splitting the operation into two processes increases performance speed. The first process gets the data, and the second process loads the data into the appropriate structure in memory or writes the data to a file. In this way, as soon as the first process begins reading a portion of data, the second process can immediately start loading or writing that data, while the first process continues to read the next portion of data. Previously, the first process had to finish reading all the data in a certain section before the second process could load that section of the data into memory or write the data to a file. ([84], [85]) |
Export generic XML | Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id |
Minor Feature Differences | LO Calc 6.3 | MS Excel 2019 / 365 |
Flexible CSV export | Template:Yes/id. Supported ([86], [87]) | Template:No/id |
Advanced find & replace / regular expressions / special characters | Template:Yes/id (List of Regular Expressions) | Template:No/id |
View clone of spreadsheet in new window | Template:Yes/id. Independent window | Template:No/id. Cannot be moved outside the application window |
Median in PivotTable | Template:Yes/id tdf#61700 | Template:No/id [88] |
Chart type Stepped lines for XY (Scatter) graphs | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Use English function names | Template:Yes/id. Possibility to switch between function names in local language and English | Template:No/id |
Import & Export Unified Office Format spreadsheet | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Import of DOS/Windows legacy spreadsheet formats: Lotus 1-2-3, Quattro Pro (v1-5.5 DOS; v1.0-6.0 Windows), Microsoft Works spreadsheet, Microsoft Multiplan (v1-3 DOS) | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Import of Classic Mac OS legacy spreadsheet formats: BeagleWorks, ClarisWorks, Claris Resolve, GreatWorks, MacWorks, Wingz, Microsoft Multiplan (v1.11) | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Import & Export Pocket Excel | Template:Yes/id. Supported (requires Java) | Template:No/id |
Ability to rotate entire chart | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
PDF export of comments | Template:Yes/id. Export of comments according to PDF specification | Template:No/id |
Property mapping functionality for charts (conditional chart colors/borders) | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id (Only available: Inverting colors for negative values) |
Import from Gnumeric | Template:Yes/id (not available on Windows, see tdf#94834) | Template:No/id |
Export cell range selection or a selected group of shapes (images) as .png or .jpg image | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Export sheet/table as .png image | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Formatting of cells | Template:Yes/id. More detailed: Number formats: more flexible use of "Format Code" for custom adjustments, leading zeroes, language setting, percentages without percentage sign, thousands separator for percentages; Font: overligning of text, relief (embossed, engraved), outline, shadow, underline of individual words, spacing settings, kerning; Borders: shadow, spacing to contents; Protection: hide cells when printing. | Template:Partial/id. Less features |
Additional cell format types | Template:Yes/id. Number format "Boolean value". Engineering notation. Natural language number format (spelling out numbers in various languages. Easy work around for missing US zip code and US phone number formats. | Template:Partial/id Engineering notation via custom formats. |
Support negative year date (BCE) | Template:Yes/id. | Template:Partial/id Using work-arounds. |
Conditional formatting: icon sets | Template:Partial/id. 2 additional smilies icon sets. No reverse icon order (tdf#61313). | Template:Partial/id. Customization of icon sets, e.g. reverse icon order. |
Advanced find & replace / Cell Format | Template:Partial/id (Styles supported, Cell Format not supported) | Template:Yes/id |
Formulae with entire columns or entire rows | Template:Partial/id (tdf#34094, tdf#92452, tdf#92453) | Template:Yes/id |
Default keyboard and/or mouse shortcuts [89] | Template:Partial/id. Less default shortcuts ([90], tdf#98259, tdf#92452, tdf#92453) | Template:Yes/id. More default shortcuts ([91], [92], [93]) |
Sheet protection options (allow users certain actions in protected sheets) | Template:Partial/id. Supported for select protected/unprotected cells and insert/delete rows/columns. | Template:Yes/id for select protected/unprotected cells, insert/delete rows/columns, format cells/columns/rows, insert hyperlinks, sort, use AutoFilter/Pivot Table reports, edit objects/scenarios. |
Timeline filter in PivotTable | Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id [94] |
Chart: Automatically vary colours by point | Template:No/id (only manually) | Template:Yes/id |
Chart type: xyz / surface charts | Template:No/id, basic workaround [95] (tdf#51670) | Template:Yes/id |
Chart type: pie of pie (bar of pie) | Template:No/id (tdf#50934) | Template:Yes/id |
Map charts and 3D geospatial visualization tool | Template:No/id (via extension GeOOo) | Template:Yes/id. Map charts and "3D Maps". |
Different chart types for different data series | Template:No/id (tdf#35629) | Template:Yes/id |
Printing of selected chart only | Template:No/id, workarounds [96], [97] (tdf#45893) | Template:Yes/id |
Automatized analysis and visualization features | Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id Quick analysis feature and visual summaries, trends, and patterns. [98], [99]. Some of these features ("Ideas in Excel") supported in rental version, not supported in MS Office 2019 sales version; quick analysis feature not supported on macOS. |
Flash fill | Template:No/id (tdf#109003). Some (partial) workarounds suggested here tdf#109003#c1. | Template:Yes/id |
Chart recommendations | Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id |
'Publishing' spreadsheet for online team meetings | Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id |
Sparklines (to give a quick overview of the trend in a data range) | Template:No/id, extension: EuroOffice Sparkline | Template:Yes/id |
Add points to a line, possibility to bend lines | Template:No/id (tdf#36943) | Template:Yes/id |
Cell background options | Template:Partial/id. Background color (bugs regarding pattern tdf#31205 and gradient tdf#49177). Extension: Hatch Patterns for Cells | Template:Yes/id. Background color, pattern, gradient |
Copy only visible cells | Template:No/id (tdf#36466), extension: Copy only visible cells | Template:Yes/id |
Presentation software: LibreOffice Impress vs. Microsoft PowerPoint
Major Feature Differences | LO Impress 6.3 | MS PowerPoint 2019 / 365 |
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Hyphenation support | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Export to XHTML | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Export to HTML | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id (removed feature since MS Office 2013) |
Export to Flash format (SWF) | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Export to vector graphic formats: SVG, EPS | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Presentation remote control for smartphones/tablets | Template:Yes/id. For Android smartphones/tablets, iOS (iPhone/iPad), and Pebble smartwatches. | Template:Partial/id. For WindowsPhone 8 and Android (smartphones only), but with additional features for Excel and Word. (Not supported in macOS version). |
3D slide transitions | Template:Yes/id. macOS, Linux, Windows | Template:Partial/id. macOS, Windows |
Edit embedded videos | Template:Partial/id. Via external programs | Template:Yes/id. Directly in the program |
Comments and reply to comments | Template:Partial/id | Template:Yes/id |
Animated effects | Template:Partial/id. Supported, but problems with: spinning text (tdf#87958), pixelated (tdf#87959), wobble/shake/vibrate (tdf#87960), objects stuck (tdf#88196) | Template:Yes/id |
Trim embedded video or audio | Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id. Supported (Not supported in MS Office 2016 sales version) |
Zooming features for presentations (Prezi inspired) | Template:No/id (tdf#38263) | Template:Yes/id. Supported (Not supported in macOS sales version) [100] |
Slides editable during presentation | Template:No/id (tdf#34965) | Template:Yes/id |
SmartArt diagrams | Template:No/id (tdf#37932), solution: smArt extension | Template:Yes/id |
Save highlights and drawings during presentation | Template:No/id (tdf#51928) | Template:Yes/id |
Compare presentations | Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id |
Broadcast presentation on the Internet | Template:No/id. Only via export to PDF or SWF | Template:Yes/id. Additional support to publish to Microsoft Stream video-sharing site (Not supported in MS Office 2016 sales version and not supported in macOS version) |
Animated diagrams | Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id |
Record a slide show | Template:No/id (tdf#34959) | Template:Yes/id |
Slide design suggestions | Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id via Powerpoint "Designer" (not supported in MS Office 2019 sales version in Windows and macOS) |
Navigate presentation using a Bluetooth pen | Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id. Supported with Bluetooth pen or Surface pen. Using digital pen as a slide-show clicker (Not supported in macOS version) |
Minor Feature Differences | LO Impress 6.3 | MS PowerPoint 2019 / 365 |
Number of slide layouts | Template:Yes/id. 12 | Template:Partial/id. 9 |
Text background colour in text boxes | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
PDF export of comments | Template:Yes/id. Export of comments according to PDF specification | Template:No/id |
Import & Export Unified Office Format presentation | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Export to graphics formats: MET, PBM, PICT, PGM, PPM, RAS, XPM | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Import of Apple Keynote files | Template:Yes/id. Support for Keynote v1-6 [101] | Template:No/id |
Embedding of fonts in presentation file | Template:Yes/id | Template:Partial/id. Supported on Windows. No support for embedding fonts in PowerPoint on macOS, although displayed. No support for embedding OpenType CFF fonts. [102] |
Maximum page size | Template:Yes/id. 300cm x 300cm (Draw and Impress) | Template:Partial/id. 142.22cm x 142.22cm |
Editing of master slides | Template:Partial/id. Limited editing, has been a GSOC 2013 project ([103]). | Template:Yes/id. Powerful editing |
Default keyboard shortcuts | Template:Partial/id. Less default shortcuts ([104]) | Template:Yes/id. More default shortcuts ([105], [106]) |
Conversion of hand-drawn shapes into diagrams / recognition of ink equations | Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id [107] Conversion of ink to shapes/diagrams in MS Powerpoint ; Ink equations (conversion of drawing to equation) in Powerpoint. (Not supported in MS Office 2019 sales version and only available on Windows 10; not supported in macOS sales version). |
Automatically suggesting presentation outline from online sources by entering subject | Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id. "QuickStarter feature (Not supported in MS Office 2016 sales version and not supported in Windows version) |
"Morph" transition type | Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id [108] |
Creation of automatically starting presentations | Template:No/id, extension: ImpressRunner | Template:Yes/id |
Export presentation to video formats | Template:No/id (tdf#34959) | Template:Yes/id. Supported to .mp4 and .wmv formats. Export up to 4K resolution. |
Slide zoom and pan | Template:No/id (tdf#38263) | Template:Yes/id |
Option to save as picture presentation | Template:No/id (tdf#93589) | Template:Yes/id |
Database program: LibreOffice Base vs. Microsoft Access
Major Feature Differences | LO Base 6.3 | MS Access 2019 / 365 |
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Available on all operating systems supported by the office suite | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id. MS Access not available on macOS, online and mobile OS versions |
SQL syntax highlighting | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Native connectors for: MariaSQL, PostgreSQL, Novell GroupWise | Template:Yes/id. Plus MySQL as extension.[109] | Template:No/id. No, via ODBC |
Integration of Mozilla Thunderbird address book, KDE address book, Evolution LDAP and storage, Windows system address book | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Native JDBC driver | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Connect to ODF spreadsheet (Calc) file format | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Database engine | Template:Yes/id. FirebirdSQL 3.0; HSQLDB 1.8.x (deprecated). In LibreOffice 6.2 FirebirdSQL is the default for new databases. Firebird Migration Assistant converts HSQLDB databases to FirebirdSQL | Template:Partial/id. Jet |
Integration of MS Outlook address book | Template:Partial/id. Supported only on MS Windows. No support for Outlook (tdf#56903) and Outlook Express (tdf#56905) address book access in the native 64-bit Windows builds of LibreOffice. | Template:Yes/id |
Importing data sources (tables) from within the database application | Template:Partial/id. Either via drag & drop from Calc or via drag & drop from another Base window with the data source being open. ([110]) (tdf#51872) | Template:Yes/id |
Exporting tables to different file formats from within the database application: | Template:Partial/id. Only via drag&drop to LibreOffice Calc or via drag & drop from another Base window with the writable data source being open. ([111]) (tdf#73798) | Template:Yes/id |
Edit MS Access files | Template:Partial/id. Limited older driver "Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0" works fine for read/write, while "Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0" driver only reads; (tdf#43187). Driver only works on Windows. | Template:Yes/id |
Native connector for: Microsoft SQL Server | Template:No/id. No, via ODBC | Template:Yes/id |
Crosstab queries | Template:No/id. Not supported but reproducible with Pivot Table with Calc (FAQ 142 ) | Template:Yes/id |
"Linked tables" capability | Template:No/id. Not supported but you can link text tables (FAQ 143) (tdf#56234) | Template:Yes/id |
Imported table from spreadsheets - keep fields format | Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id |
Import data from XML, HTML | Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id |
Minor Feature Differences | LO Base 6.3 | MS Access 2019 / 365 |
Native connector for: dBase databases | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id. Not supported (removed feature since Office 2013) |
Open LibreOffice Base (.odb) files | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Open DOS/Windows legacy formats: Microsoft Works database | Template:Yes/id | Template:No/id |
Native connector for: SharePoint lists | Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id |
Link or import data from Salesforce and Dynamics 365 | Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id |
Web service data connection | Template:No/id | Template:Yes/id |
Password protection of database | Template:No/id (tdf#70638) | Template:Yes/id |
Calculations in database tables | Template:No/id (tdf#72787) | Template:Yes/id |
Most important LibreOffice extensions
LibreOffice has a complex eco-system of extensions (over 390 on extensions.libreoffice.org and over 800 on extensions.openoffice.org). Additionally to the extensions already mentioned in above comparison table, here is a selection of some extensions adding valuable features to LibreOffice:
LibreOffice Extensions | |
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General office suite: LibreOffice |
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LibreOffice Writer |
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LibreOffice Calc |
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LibreOffice Impress |
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LibreOffice Draw |
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LibreOffice Base |
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Accessibility extensions |
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See also
- The Programming Languages Beacon: LibreOffice is written in C++, Java, Python; Microsoft Office is written in C++, C, (ASM).
- How LibreOffice Writer Tops MS Word: 12 Features, by Bruce Byfield (2012-04-10).
- LibreOffice vs. MS Office: Spreadsheets and Slide Shows, by Bruce Byfield (2012-06-06)
- How Microsoft Office Tops LibreOffice: 11 Features, by Bruce Byfield (2012-04-26).
- Microsoft Office vs. OpenOffice.org - Idealware does a head-to-head comparison of the two office suites, by Brett Bonfield and Laura S. Quinn (2010-07-02).
- Duell am Arbeitsplatz, by Ralf Nebelo and Dorothee Wiegand (c't 22/2008, German).