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This page compares the features of LibreOffice and Microsoft Office in several form factors.

The comparisons separate 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.

There are separate comparison tables available for:

Desktop (notebooks, desktop computers): LibreOffice 24.8.4 (download) vs. Microsoft Office 2024 / 365
Mobile (smartphones, tablets): LibreOffice-based mobile solutions (download) vs. Microsoft Office 365 mobile apps
Online (web browser-based office): LibreOffice-based Collabora Online 23.05 ([1] [2]) vs. Microsoft Office for the web. This section also includes the LibreOffice-based Chromebook App (Collabora Office download [3]) for reasons explained in the section.

The feature comparison table is continuously being updated and is work in progress.
It is a compilation by users and not an official document by the Document Foundation.
Please feel free to improve this page. Last update to this table was made at 16.12.2024

Desktop office: Notebooks, Desktop computers

Desktop Office suite, general features: LibreOffice vs. Microsoft Office

Major Feature Differences	LibreOffice 24.8	MS Office 2024 / 365
Cross-platform availability (desktop)	Yes. Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Haiku. (based on the same code base). ChromeOS via Collabora Office. Integrated office architecture: LibreOffice for the desktop shares the same processing engine, common to all modules, on all form factors (incl. mobile and online) [4].	Partial. 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 2024" 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	Yes. Windows 7 SP1, 8, 8.1, 10, 11, Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019, 2022. ([5]). Version LibreOffice 5.4 still supported Windows XP SP3, Vista.	Yes. MS Office 2024 sales version: Windows 10, 11; Server 2019, 2022. MS Office 365 rental version: Windows 10, 11, Windows Server 2019, 2022 ([6]).
Supported versions of macOS	Yes. 10.15+ (Catalina). Intel and Apple Silicon. ([7]).	Yes. The newest three versions (as of July 2024: 13+ (Ventura). Intel and Apple Silicon. ([8])
Portable version that runs on USB flash disks (without installation)	Yes (download)	No
Open Source	Yes, licensed under MPLv2 and others.	No, proprietary and closed-source
Full integration of all office components	Yes. 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.	No
Availability free of charge	Yes (download, donate)	No, 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	Yes. Complex ecosystem of extensions (over 600 on extensions.libreoffice.org and over 800 on extensions.openoffice.org), including automatic updates. Extensions and templates can be installed from within LibreOffice ("Additions dialog").	Partial, no centralized extension system for add-ons and macros. Microsoft AppSource for Office 365. [9] Office Apps not supported on macOS.
Localization	Yes. 120 languages (detailed list of languages supported by LibreOffice)	Partial. 91 languages in Windows version, 27 languages in macOS version (display language for (some) office applications) [10], [11], [12]
Support of Right-to-left⁠ (RTL) languages (e.g. Arabic) and other complex scripts	Yes. Comprehensive support, based on HarfBuzz⁠ text shaping library	Yes
Additional writing aids	Yes. Extended support (spell-check dictionaries, hyphenation patterns, thesaurus and grammar check, specialized dictionaries as extensions ([13], [14]). Detailed list of LibreOffice writing aids for over 160 languages.	Partial. More limited, "proofing tools" for 92 languages in Windows version, 58 in macOS version [15], [16],[17]
Language technology	Yes. 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	Partial. 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)	Partial. Full support of SIL Graphite font technology ([18],[19]) and full support of OpenType optional features (Font features in 7.5, [20], [21], [22]) 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 (tdf#104281), and ODF 1.2 doesn’t provide OpenType optional features support (support scheduled for ODF later)	Partial. Limited via OpenType supporting ligatures, stylistic sets, number spacing options, number forms, and contextual alternates. [23] Support for optional OpenType features in OOXML.
Support of font variation	Partial. Limited support for font styles predefined on the STAT table, no support to reproduce font variation instances on different axis. tdf#152206	Partial. Limited support for font rendering on screen, no support for printing and PDF export.
Easy access to vector clip art	Yes. via LO Gallery (clipart extensions ([24] or [25])). Extension for the integration of clipart from OpenClipart.org. Additional toolbar control to insert Emojis (experimental: tdf#100100)	Partial. Selection of clip art is asking for search with Bing in Online Pictures. Extended selection of "icons". Access to stock photos and icons.
Macro scripting languages	Yes. Multiple languages, support for wide variety of languages (LibreOffice Basic, JavaScript, BeanShell, and Python). ScriptForge libraries as extensible and robust collection of macro scripting resources for Basic and Python. Import and export of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), see ([26] and the release notes).	Partial. 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	Yes. Support for Google Drive, MS OneDrive, Alfresco, IBM FileNet, IBM Connections Cloud, Lotus Quickr Domino, Nuxeo, OpenDataSpace, OpenText ELS, MS SharePoint, WebDAV, SSH, Windows share. (tdf#62437)	Partial. Inbuilt support only for MS SharePoint and MS OneDrive
Support of ISO standards OpenDocument Format (ODF)⁠	Partial. Advanced support, ODF v1.3 extended. No support yet for upcoming standard ODF v1.4 (tdf#162118)	Partial. Limited support, ODF v.1.4 in MS Windows rental and sales versions; ODF v1.3, in online version. Support of OpenDocument ODF v1.4 in macOS rental and sales versions, as well as in mobile versions (Android, iOS) are more limited and require the use of an online file format conversion service. [27] [28] [29]
PDF export extended options	Yes. Support of PDF standard PDF 1.7. Multiple options (Additional options: Tagged PDF, Time stamp protocol⁠, detailed image settings, Hybrid PDF, transition effects, extended security and permission options, PDF forms, initial view settings, extended handling of URLs, digital signatures, and PDF signatures according to PAdES⁠ standard). Support for font embedding of all font types (incl. OpenType CFF fonts (.otf)). Support for PDF/A-1, PDF/A-2 (archiving) and PDF/UA (universal accessibility) standards.	Partial. High or low quality PDF, page and markup to print in Access, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint [30]; pictures resolution and non-printing informations in Publisher. No support for font embedding of OpenType CFF fonts in PDF export [31].
Document classification	Yes. Document classification in Writer, Calc, and Impress according to TSCP-standards (also with multiple policies). See: [32] and [33].	Partial. No inbuilt document classification system, but Information Rights Management (IRM) supported
Import of SVG vector graphics (.svg, .svgz)	Yes	Yes, .svg files supported
Import of Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) vector graphics (.eps)	Yes (with some rendering issues: tdf#81497, tdf#67464)	No. Support for .eps images entirely removed in Office 2019 and rental version ([34]). In Office 2016 sales version, it was turned off by default due to security issues, but could be manually enabled via Windows registry ([35]). There were general rendering issues of .eps files in PDF export ([36]).
Insert PDF as an image into documents	Yes ([37])	No
Creation of Hybrid PDFs (ODF file embedded in PDF for full editing)	Yes	No
Import from raster graphics software: Adobe Photoshop (.psd)	Yes	No
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	Yes	No
Import of MS Visio files	Yes. Supported (Visio 2000-2013)	No (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)	Yes	No
Drawing and vector graphics software	Yes. LibreOffice Draw, drawing and vector graphics software that supports pages (up to 300cm x 300cm), layers, numerous drawing tools and DTP features.	Partial. MS PowerPoint provides some features of a drawing software.
PIM and email software	No. 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.	Yes. MS Outlook
Desktop publishing (DTP) software	Partial. 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.	Partial. MS Publisher (MS Publisher will be retired 2026.)
Integrated Development Environment (IDE) feature set	Partial. 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).	Yes. 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	Partial. 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. [38]	Yes. Advanced support of transitional (default) and strict OOXML files
PDF Import	Partial, into Draw and Writer with the limitation that text is imported line-based (tdf#32249).	Yes, into MS Word
Synchronous collaborative editing	No. Not available in the desktop applications (tdf#133984), see development information: Collaborative Editing and Track changes. Plans for collaborative editing (Peer-to-peer collaboration) as of July 2024.	Yes. Support in desktop applications via MS OneDrive, MS SharePoint or MS Teams. Support in desktop applications varies: Real-time "co-authoring" in MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS Excel (only via AutoSave) [39] (MS PowerPoint 2021 sales version only allows for co-authoring (via AutoSave). 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. Supported in MS Office online versions. Collaboration with online versions is possible.
User Interface approach	Yes. Highly customizable UI concept "MUFFIN" [40],[41]: 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, New Colibre, Elementary, Sifr, Sifr Dark, Sukapura, Tango). Colour themes "Normal" and "Dark" via Tools ▸ Options ▸ LibreOffice ▸ Application Colors. Light, dark and high contact modes Application color modes in 7.5, [42]	Partial. Ribbon UI; Colour themes ([43]) on MS Windows: Colorful, Dark Gray, Black, White, Dark mode. On macOS: Colorful, Classic, Dark mode.
User interface improved to enable use on touch screen devices on desktop operating systems.	No (tdf#102015)	Partial. Slightly adjusted user interface for touch screen devices, but no redesign.
Keyboard driven menu system (search function to better find features in office suite), Head-Up-Display (HUD).	Yes. It can be invoked with the menu Help ▸ Serch Commands or the shortcut `⇧ Shift` + `Esc`. tdf#91874 blog	Yes. Tell Me search bar. Search with voice (supported in Windows rental version, not supported in MS Office 2021 sales versions; not available on macOS)
Accessibility checker	Yes. Accessibility checker and support for PDF/UA. Accessibility improvements, Accessibility checker in 7.5, [44]. Extension for text documents: AccessODF.	Yes. [45], [46].
Chat with other authors (collaborative editing)	No	Yes. 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).
Integration of instant Messaging (IM), voice, video, or screen sharing.	No	Yes. Skype integration (not supported in macOS version).
Dictation / speech recognition	No	Yes in MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook [47]. Voice audio is sent to Microsoft cloud servers and returned as text. (Not supported in MS Office 2021 sales versions)
Inserting and editing 3D models	No (previous support in Impress for glTF (.dae/.kmz) 3D models removed in version 6.0)	Yes 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	Partial. Support for color fonts using color layers (`COLR`/`CPAL` OpenType tables) and color bitmaps (`CBLC`/`CBDT` or `sbix` tables). No support for color fonts using SVGs (`SVG` table) and `COLR` version 1 format (tdf#151057).	Yes. [48]
Support of math fonts	No (tdf#103680), workaround using TexMaths extension with XeLaTeX/LuaLaTeX compiler. [49]	Yes
Minor Feature Differences	LibreOffice 24.8	MS Office 2024 / 365
Generation of QR codes and barcodes	Yes. QR codes and one-dimensional barcodes. In Impress, Draw, Writer and Calc	Yes. [50]
Support of graphics formats: WebP	Yes	Partial. Import only
Import of graphics formats APNG, DXF, MET, PBM, PCD, PCX, PGM, PPM, PPM, RAS, SGF, SVM, TGA, XBM, XPM	Yes	No
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	Yes	No
Import of additional video and audio formats: CD Audio, Vivo Video.	Yes	No
Drawing features: Arrow endings	Yes. Substantially wider selection, including Crow’s feet notation	No. Less supported arrow endings
Drawing features: Point Eraser, Lasso, Sketched outline style.	No	Yes. ([51]) (not available on macOS). ([52])
Drawing shapes: Sinusoid shape	Yes	No
Document metadata fields according to Dublin Core / XMP	Yes. Since LO 24.2 (tdf#138792)	No
Document converter wizard	Yes	No
Euro currency converter wizard	Yes	No
Expert config to access a multitude of settings from UI	Yes	No
Support for multiple color palette formats: Gimp (.gpl), Adobe Swatch Exchange (.ase), LibreOffice/Apache OpenOffice (.soc)	Yes (note: tdf#92354)	No
Import MathML formula from clipboard	Yes	No
Import of StarOffice binary file formats .sdc, .sda, .sdw	Partial. Basic support	No
Digital signatures / Signature Line	Yes. Multiple signatures, including OOXML signatures. Visible signatures in Writer, Calc and Draw. Round-trip with MS Office problematic (tdf#58442, tdf#58476). Import/export of PDF signatures. Support of XAdES⁠ standard (XML Advanced Electronic Signatures) and OpenPGP keys. Support for ECDSA keys (on Linux and macOS). Support for OpenPGP-based document encryption. ODF Wholesome Encryption (AES-GCM).	Yes (OOXML/XML-DSig and XAdES signatures)
Convert SVG image to shapes / polygon	Yes. Conversion supported in LO Draw. Additionally opening SVG files directly as shapes is supported in LO Draw. (tdf#115571)	Yes
Enhanced list of recent files and folders	Yes (tdf#61174, tdf#60743). Option to clear list of recent documents. Selectively delete Recent Documents (in StartCenter). Option to show office module specific recent documents. Option in start center to set recent files as permanent	Yes (option to set recent files as permanent)
Custom colors in formula editor	Yes. Full support of HTML colors in Math (RGB colors, UI in element pane) (tdf#40436)	Yes
Third-party software dependencies	Partial. Java runtime environment (JRE) installation required for certain - but not most - features of the software. Java is notably required for Base.	Yes. Not required
Shortcut keys for accented Latin characters	No (tdf#71176), workaround using Unicode conversion, see Unicode character input with Alt+X	Partial. Limited support
Inserting audio / video / pictures from online sources	No (tdf#42246). Work-around: Download of online video and embed it in presentation (incl. Flash videos)	Partial [53] Insert online videos (YouTube, Vimeo, SlideShare.net) to MS Word (not available on macOS). Insert online videos (YouTube, Vimeo, MS Stream, Flipgrid) to MS PowerPoint. Insert online pictures in Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Collaboration with @mentions in comments	No	Yes, in PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Outlook. [54]
Task assignment using @mentions	No	Yes. Create, assign and track tasks ([55])
Like (thumbs up) reaction to comments	No	Yes, support comments with a Like reaction available in MS Word and MS Powerpoint
Quick access to email attachments	No	Yes, "Shared with me" feature in PowerPoint, Excel, Word.
Streaming of office applications/office on demand	No (possible via third party services)	Yes ([56])
Ink drawings / annotations (e.g. on touch- and pen-enabled devices)	No (tdf#35092), (only support for import of existing ink annotations from MS Word file format)	Yes. 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
Recognition of shapes from ink drawings	No	Yes. [57] supported in MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint
Recognition of text from ink drawings	No	Yes. [58] Conversion of ink to shapes in MS PowerPoint and MS Word (Not supported in MS Office 2021 sales versions)
Automatic background removal of a picture	No (tdf#103424)	Yes. Supported in MS Windows version (not supported in macOS version)
Live preview while formatting	No (tdf#37048)	Yes
Inserting a screenshot from within applications	No	Yes
Import of graphics formats: MEZ, PCZ	No	Yes
Export to XPS format⁠	No	Yes
Support for Touch Bar on Apple MacBook Pro	No (tdf#105803)	Yes (macOS only)

Desktop Word processors: LibreOffice Writer vs. Microsoft Word

Major Feature Differences	LO Writer 24.8	MS Word 2024 / 365
Handling of captions for graphics or image boxes	Yes. Stable layout	No. Layout problems
Styles (page styles, frame styles)	Yes	No
Overlining of text	Yes	No, but complicated workaround
Master documents for longer texts	Yes. Master documents and Master document templates supported	No. Supported but deprecated because it causes file corruption
Redaction tool / sanitization of classified information	Yes. Supported. Redaction & Automatic redaction tool	No
Register-true feature / register accuracy (DTP-feature)	Yes	No
Business card wizard	Yes (release notes)	No
Text auto completion of words already used before	Yes. [59]	No
XForms documents creation	Yes	No
Mathematical calculations in tables	Yes. Complex calculations	No. Only basic arithmetic
DocBook import & export	Yes	No
Export to MediaWiki (Wikipedia) format	Yes	No
Export to XHTML	Yes	No
Export to EPUB⁠ e-book file format (.epub)	Yes	No
Export document as image(s)	Yes. Supported, image formats: .jpg, .png	No
Import of Apple Pages documents	Yes. Support for Pages v1-5 [60]	No
Working with large documents	Yes. Stable layout	Partial. Some layout problems [61]
Extended label creation features (release notes)	Yes (generic database access, synchronise content)	Partial
Frames	Yes. DTP-like features like text in multiple columns and text-wrap around graphics	Partial. Concept of "horizontal frames" is more limited
DirectCursor (allows to enter text anywhere on a page)	Yes	Yes. Supported, under the name Click and type (advanced option)
Table styles	Partial (release notes 5.3 and release notes 6.0) (tdf#34391).	Yes
PDF export of comments	Partial. 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))	Partial. Export only as comments inside margin
Grammar check	Yes. 4 languages with built-in grammar checker (English, Russian, Hungarian and Brazilian Portuguese). Grammar checker LanguageTool available as server-based grammar checker (remote or on local machine) or as extension: Languagetool for server-based checking and WritingTool LibreOffice extension (new repo for LibreOffice extension) for 31 languages plus 15 language variants (level of language support varies; 11 languages with more than 1000 rules). Other grammar checker extensions available: Grammalecte for French, CoGroo for Brazilian Portuguese	Yes. 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) / document themes / document styles	Yes. Supported since LO 7.6. Other solutions: Templates provide this functionality, but more difficult to handle. Helpful extension: Template Changer (tdf#89286). Bugs on document themes: (tdf#90497)	Yes. Supported ("document themes")
Use of LaTeX syntax for formulas	No. Extension: TexMaths	Yes. Ability to type math using the LaTeX syntax (Not supported in macOS version)
Vertical alignment (top/center/bottom) of content on page	No (tdf#36117), workarounds via frame/table	Yes
Picture styles & additional effects	No (tdf#59906), but effects are preserved on import and export. Glow effect and soft edges supported	Yes
View changes in the margin in "track changes" mode	Partial Option to show track changes (additions or deletions) in margin (Tools - Options - LibreOffice Writer - View - Enable Tracked deletions in margin). Implementation misses some features, see: tdf#137770 tdf#147169	Yes
Diagonal borders in tables	No (tdf#51665)	Yes
Extended reading mode of documents	No (tdf#55168)	Yes
Collapse and expand parts of a document	Yes (tdf#135310)	Yes
Instant messaging while collaborating on document	No	Yes ([62])
Track changes only for own changes (while collaborative editing)	No	Yes. Option to track one's own changes without forcing others to track theirs ([63]). (not supported in MS Office 2021 sales versions)
Reading aloud; Text-to-speech (TTS) ability	No. Extension Read Text.	Yes ([64])
Minor Feature Differences	LO Writer 24.8	MS Word 2024 / 365
Protected cells in tables (allows better creation of forms)	Yes	No
Open erroneous .doc files	Yes. Better recovery mode ([65],[66])	No. More frequently denies opening those files
Wizard to create personalized letter templates	Yes	No
Import & Export Unified Office Format text	Yes	No
Import & Export AportisDoc (Palm), PocketWord documents	Yes. Supported (requires Java)	No
Import of AbiWord files	Yes	No
Import of eBook formats: FictionBook 2.0, BroadBand, Plucker (Palm), eReader (Palm), zTXT (Palm), TealDoc (Palm), PalmDoc (Palm)	Yes	No
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	Yes	No
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	Yes	No
Logo toolbar and interpreter	Yes [67]	No
Format text of all comments in document	Yes	No
Comments in headers and footers	Yes	No
Text boxes allow multiple columns	Yes	No
Markdown feature to automatic format bold, /italic/, -strikeout- and _underline_	Yes. (How to switch on the feature). See also tdf#133023	No
PDF export preserves footnote/endnote anchors	Yes. Links between anchors and footnotes or endnotes (even if not on the same page) are available in both direction.	No
Conditional text	Yes ([68], [69](PDF) [70])	Partial ([71], [72])
Automatic replacement of Emojis	Yes. supported. Additional toolbar control to insert Emojis (experimental: tdf#100100)	Partial. Manual creation of replacement lists
Number of columns per table in document	Yes. Unlimited columns	Partial. Limited to 63 columns
Multi-line headings for chapters	Yes. Multi-line headings for chapters by allowing a line break as separator between a chapter number and its name (in Heading Numbering dialog)	Partial. Only via work-around [73]
Maximum page size	Yes. 300cm x 300cm	Partial. 55.87cm x 55.87cm
Bibliographic features	Partial. Basic inbuilt support. Excellent free extensions: e.g. Zotero, JabRef as well as proprietary extensions. Work has been done to better integrate Zotero in LibreOffice [74]. DOI citation recognition (tdf#145925).	Yes. Inbuilt support. Excellent free extensions: e.g. Zotero as well as proprietary extensions.
Advanced find & replace / Special characters	Partial (tdf#38261). See List of Regular Expressions. Extension: Alternative dialog Find & Replace for Writer	Yes
Complex Outline numbering / Multilevel list	Partial. Different numerically equivalent format not supported (tdf#35217)	Yes
Default keyboard shortcuts	Partial. Less default shortcuts ([75])	Yes. More default shortcuts ([76])
Add watermarks to pages	Partial. Support for text watermarks. Workaround for picture watermarks via adding image to header/footer.	Partial (text and picture watermarks). This is not possible on Chromebooks as there is no app, Word for the web cannot do watermarks
Outline view	Partial Outline folding mode [77] (tdf#135310, alternative feature: Navigator > Content View to drag and promote/demote headings (see Improvements to Navigator in 7.0)	Yes
Complex/rich text formatting in comments (e.g. bullet points, text color, images, tables)	No. Some formatting features are supported, e.g. font type, font size, bold, italics, underline, text alignment (align, centered, justified). (tdf#81458)	Yes
Document/text translation	Yes Initial machine translation is available, backend by DeepL translate. Other extension: TradutorLibreText.	Yes ([78])
Decorative page borders	No (tdf#39270)	Yes
Horizontal split view of the same document	No (tdf#31481), workaround: Windows > New Window to clone document window.	Yes
Draft view	No (tdf#67698)	Yes
Upload to blog servers	No, extension: Sun Weblog Publisher (outdated).	Yes (MS SharePoint Blog, Telligent-Community, TypePad, WordPress, MetaWebLog API)
Digital pen usage / ink gestures	No	Yes. [79] (Not supported in MS Office 2021 sales version and not supported in macOS version)
Transform document into a Sway web page	No	Yes. supported in MS Word. (Not supported in MS Office 2021 sales version and not supported in macOS version)
Line by line reading of text	No	Yes. Line Focus (removes removes distractions) feature in MS Word.
'File name without extension' field	Yes. [80]	No. [81] [82]

Desktop Spreadsheet applications: LibreOffice Calc vs. Microsoft Excel

Major Feature Differences	LO Calc 24.8	MS Excel 2024 / 365
Spreadsheet functions (for details see Functions comparison of LibreOffice Calc and Excel)	Yes. 517 functions (30 functions unique to Calc) See an extensive description of Calc Functions	Yes. 492 functions (30 functions unique to Excel)
Unique Spreadsheet functions	Yes. CURRENT; DAYSINMONTH; DAYSINYEAR; DDE; EASTERSUNDAY; FORECAST.ETS.MULT; FORECAST.ETS.STAT.MULT; FORECAST.ETS.PI.MULT; FOURIER; GOALSEEK; ISLEAPYEAR; MONTHS; MULTIPLE.OPERATIONS; MULTIRANGE; MVALUE; NEG; OPT_BARRIER; OPT_PROB_HIT; OPT_PROB_INMONEY; OPT_TOUCH; RAND.NV; RANDBETWEEN.NV; RAWSUBTRACT; REGEX; ROT13; ROUNDSIG; STYLE; WEEKS; WEEKSINYEAR; YEARS. Extensions: Kanji to Phonetic provides PHONETIC function; Lox365: XLOOKUP for LibreOffice provides IMAGE, TEXTSPLIT, TOCOL.	Yes. CUBEKPIMEMBER, CUBEMEMBER, CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY, CUBERANKEDMEMBER, CUBESET, CUBESETCOUNT, CUBEVALUE, RTD, DBCS, CALL, REGISTER.ID, PHONETIC; YEN; TEXTBEFORE (tdf#150864); TEXTAFTER (tdf#150865); TEXTSPLIT (tdf#150866); VSTACK (tdf#150867); HSTACK (tdf#150868); TOROW (tdf#150878), TOCOL (tdf#150879); WRAPROWS (tdf#150880); WRAPCOLS (tdf#150881); TAKE (tdf#150997); DROP (tdf#150998); CHOOSEROWS (tdf#150999); CHOOSECOLS (tdf#151000); EXPAND (tdf#151001); IMAGE (tdf#129129); the following functions are only available in MS Office 365 rental version, not in MS Office 2024: STOCKHISTORY GROUPBY (GroupBy), PIVOTBY (PivotBy), PERCENTOF (PercentOf) aggregation functions (tdf#161159).
Dynamic arrays	No (tdf#127808)	Yes. ([83]) Spilled range reference operator “#” (tdf#161399); Implicit intersection operator “@” (tdf#161470); Formulas that return more than one value but cannot populate all the adjacent cells will return error “#SPILL” (tdf#158620).
Dynamic charts (referencing dynamic arrays)	No	Yes([84])
Picture / image in a cell	No	Yes, via IMAGE function or via insert image ([85])
Comparison of two spreadsheet files	Yes	No
Page styles (in addition to cell styles)	Yes	No
Hyphenation of text in cells	Yes	No
AutoSpellcheck / Spelling as you type	Yes	No ([86])
Export to XHTML	Yes	No
Full-Sheet Previews: Possibility to export all pages on a sheet as one page in the PDF	Yes	No
Exporting of a single chart as image (e.g. jpg, png, svg, pdf)	Yes	Yes. [87]
OpenFormula standard	Yes. Largely supported	Partial
Keep the copy of cells (usability of copy&paste)	Yes. (Copy of cells is kept for pasting, even if the user does other tasks like typing or inserting cells)	No ([88])
Import of Apple Numbers spreadsheet documents	Yes. Support for Numbers v1-3 [89], see also this comparison	No
Maximum number of columns per sheet	Yes. 16,384. Jumbo spreadsheets supported since LO 7.4, see: [90], tdf#133764.	Yes. 16,384 (256 in compatibility mode)
Declaration of variables to be used in formulas	Partial. LET function (tdf#137543).	Yes. LET function; Recursive LAMBDA and ETA-LAMBDA (“eta reduced lambda”) hyperfunctions with BYCOL (ByCol), BYROW (ByRow), ISOMITTED (IsOmitted), MAKEARRAY (MakeArray), MAP, REDUCE, SCAN helper functions (tdf#138749) and aggregation functions (tdf#161159).
Table styles	Partial. View ▸ Toolbars ▸ Tools ▸ Choose Themes as well as Format ▸ AutoFormat provide part of this functionality. (tdf#77569, tdf#44762, tdf#44763, tdf#66377)	Yes
Record a macro	Partial. Limited support [91]	Yes
Insert a graphic into a spreadsheet header or footer	Partial. Inserted image cannot be resized nor cropped, usability issues. (tdf#74146)	Yes
Statistical / Analysis toolkit	Partial. Built-in Data Statistics Wizard with additional features: Chi2-test, Logarithmic regression, Power regression	Partial. Add-on, not activated by default. Additional features: Histogram, Random number generation, Rank and percentiles, and some more detailed options.
Allow expressions with references in inline arrays, not only constants	No (tdf#105683, tdf#161841)	Yes
Chart styles	No (tdf#62925, tdf#62540, tdf#39097)	Partial. Selection of some pre-set chart styles and layouts
Power Pivot⁠ features	No (tdf#96623 regarding DAX functions)	Yes
Additional chart types: Waterfall, Histogram, Pareto, Box & Whisker (Box plot), Treemap (Mosaic), Sunburst, Funnel	No (tdf#74665, tdf#81530, tdf#70361, tdf#72992, tdf#97832)	Yes
Relationships between tables, based on matching data in each table	No (work around: using function VLOOKUP)	Yes ([92])
Integration of external data sources	No. Extension: New Jaguar Calc add-in provides SQLREQUEST function and Queryconnector provides graphical interface.	Yes. Queries and data sources via "Power Query" and "Power BI" [93]. (SQL.REQUEST removed in favor of Power Query since MS Excel 2010)
Linked data types	No	Yes. Data types from online sources: geography, stocks, organization, location, zip code, university, space, satellite, element, chemistry, food, exercise, movie, characters, medical, body, media, nature, activities, other (Not available in MS Office 2021 sales versions) [94],[95]
Forecasting data to predict future trends	Yes. Extended set of forecast functions (based on exponential smoothing algorithm)	Yes. Forecast functions and forecast charts (based on exponential smoothing algorithm) (not supported in macOS version)
Import MS Access databases	Partial. Via ODB file connected to database (needs MS Access installed on the system)	Yes
Multi-Core Processing / multithreading	Partial. Multithreading works, but some bugs remain tdf#114159. Further information: Multi-threaded calculation [96]. Multi-threaded import of XLSX documents Parallel formula compiling on the CPU. OpenCL/GPU threading in Calc core ([97],[98]) Presentation 2016 "Exploiting concurrency", Presentation "Making Calc Calculate in Parallel".	Yes. 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. ([99], [100])
Data-linked creation of flowcharts	No	Yes. Flow charts and organizational charts (supported in rental version, not supported in MS Office 2021 sales versions)
Export generic XML	No	Yes
Customized sheet views (while collaborative editing)	No	Yes ([101])
Minor Feature Differences	LO Calc 24.8	MS Excel 2024 / 365
Flexible CSV export	Yes. Supported ([102], [103])	No
Advanced find & replace / regular expressions / special characters	Yes (List of Regular Expressions)	No
View clone of spreadsheet in new window	Yes. Independent window	No. Cannot be moved outside the application window
Median in PivotTable	Yes. tdf#61700	No. [104]
Chart type Stepped lines for XY (Scatter) graphs	Yes	No
Use English function names	Yes. Possibility to switch between function names in local language and English	No
Import & Export Unified Office Format spreadsheet	Yes	No
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)	Yes	No
Import of Classic Mac OS legacy spreadsheet formats: BeagleWorks, ClarisWorks, Claris Resolve, GreatWorks, MacWorks, Wingz, Microsoft Multiplan (v1.11)	Yes	No
Import & Export Pocket Excel	Yes. Supported (requires Java)	No
Ability to rotate entire chart	Yes	No
PDF export of comments	Yes. Export of comments according to PDF specification	No
Property mapping functionality for charts (conditional chart colors/borders)	Yes	No (Only available: Inverting colors for negative values)
Import from Gnumeric	Yes (not available on Windows, see tdf#94834)	No
Export cell range selection or a selected group of shapes (images) as .png or .jpg image	Yes	No
Export sheet/table as .png image	Yes	No
Formatting of cells	Yes. 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.	Partial. Less features
Additional cell format types	Yes. Number format "Boolean value". Engineering notation. Natural language number format (spelling out numbers in various languages, spell our number and currency formats in 7.5. Easy work around for missing US zip code and US phone number formats.	Partial Engineering notation via custom formats.
Support negative year date (BCE)	Yes	Partial Using work-arounds.
Conditional formatting: icon sets	Yes. 2 additional smilies icon sets.	Yes.
Advanced find & replace / Cell Format	Partial (Styles supported, Cell Format not supported)	Yes
Formulae with entire columns or entire rows	Partial (tdf#34094, tdf#92452, tdf#92453)	Yes
Default keyboard and/or mouse shortcuts [105]	Partial. Less default shortcuts ([106], tdf#98259, tdf#92452, tdf#92453)	Yes. More default shortcuts ([107], [108], [109])
Sheet protection options (allow users certain actions in protected sheets)	Partial. Supported for select protected/unprotected cells and insert/delete rows/columns.	Yes 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	No	Yes. [110]
Chart: Automatically vary colours by point	No (only manually)	Yes
Chart type: xyz / surface charts	No, basic workaround [111] (tdf#51670)	Yes
Map charts and 3D geospatial visualization tool	No (tdf#160398; via extension: GeOOo)	Yes. Map charts and "3D Maps".
Different chart types for different data series	No (tdf#35629)	Yes
Printing of selected chart only	No, workarounds [112], [113] (tdf#45893)	Yes
Chart data labels "Value as percentage"	Yes	No
Chart data labels "Value from cells"	No	Yes
Automatized analysis and visualization features	No	Yes. Quick analysis feature and visual summaries, trends, and patterns. [114], [115]. Some of these features ("Ideas in Excel") supported in rental version, not supported in MS Office 2021 sales versions; quick analysis feature not supported on macOS.
Flash fill	No (tdf#109003). Some (partial) workarounds suggested here tdf#109003#c1.	Yes
Chart recommendations	No	Yes
'Publishing' spreadsheet for online team meetings	No	Yes
Sparklines (to give a quick overview of the trend in a data range)	Yes. [116]	Yes
Add points to a line, possibility to bend lines	No (tdf#36943)	Yes
Cell background options	Partial. Background color (bugs regarding pattern tdf#31205 and gradient tdf#49177). Extension: Hatch Patterns for Cells	Yes. Background color, pattern, gradient
Insert data from screenshot or picture	No	YesOCR and recognize tables from screenshots or pictures [117] (Not available in MS Office 2021 sales versions and only available on macOS)
Automatic recalculation on file open when flag is set	No (tdf#144819)	Yes

Desktop Presentation software: LibreOffice Impress vs. Microsoft PowerPoint

Major Feature Differences	LO Impress 24.8	MS PowerPoint 2024 / 365
Hyphenation support	Yes	No
Export to XHTML	Yes	No
Export to HTML	Yes	No (removed feature since MS Office 2013)
Export to vector graphic formats: SVG, EPS	Yes	Partial, to SVG (Supported in Windows rental version, not supported in MS Office sales versions.)
Presentation remote control for smartphones/tablets	Yes. For Android smartphones/tablets, iOS (iPhone/iPad), and Pebble smartwatches.	Partial. For Android (smartphones only), but with additional features for Excel and Word. (Not supported in macOS version).
3D slide transitions	Yes. macOS, Linux, Windows	Partial. macOS, Windows
Edit embedded videos	Partial. Via external programs	Yes. Directly in the program
Comments and reply to comments	Partial	Yes
Color/document themes	Partial support of document themes in Impress: [118] [119]	Yes
Animated effects	Partial. Supported, but problems with: spinning text (tdf#87958), pixelated (tdf#87959), wobble/shake/vibrate (tdf#87960), objects stuck (tdf#88196)	Yes
Trim embedded video or audio	Yes Impress now supports cropped video for media shapes.	Yes. Supported (Not supported in MS Office 2016 sales version)
Zooming features for presentations (Prezi inspired)	No (tdf#38263)	Yes. Supported (Not supported in macOS sales version) [120]
Slides editable during presentation	Yes. Live-mode slideshow editing, new in LibreOffice 24.8. Fixed: tdf#34965.	Yes
Include the camera input of the presenter in the slide show	No	Yes, it is possible to include the live camera feed directly on a slide. Feature only available if subscribed to the rental version ([121])
SmartArt diagrams	No (tdf#37932), solution: smArt extension	Yes
Save highlights and drawings during presentation	No (tdf#51928)	Yes
Compare presentations	No	Yes
Broadcast presentation on the Internet	No. Only via export to PDF or SWF	Yes. Additional support to publish to Microsoft Stream video-sharing site (Not supported in macOS version)
Animated diagrams	No	Yes
Record a slide show	No (tdf#34959)	Yes. ([122], [123]).
Slide design suggestions	No	Yes via PowerPoint "Designer" (not supported in MS Office 2021 sales versions)
Navigate presentation using a Bluetooth pen	No	Yes. Supported with Bluetooth pen or Surface pen. Using digital pen as a slide-show clicker (Not supported in macOS version)
Optimization of slides for screen readers	No	Yes. ([124]) (not available on macOS)
Minor Feature Differences	LO Impress 24.8	MS PowerPoint 2024 / 365
Number of slide layouts	Yes. 12	Partial. 9
Physics based animations	Yes. [125]	No
Text background colour in text boxes	Yes	No
PDF export of comments	Yes. Export of comments according to PDF specification	No
Import & Export Unified Office Format presentation	Yes	No
Export to graphics formats: MET, PBM, PICT, PGM, PPM, RAS, XPM	Yes	No
Import of Apple Keynote files	Yes. Support for Keynote v1-6 [126]	No
Embedding of fonts in presentation file	Yes	Partial. Supported on Windows. No support for embedding fonts in PowerPoint on macOS, although displayed. No support for embedding OpenType CFF fonts. [127]
Maximum page size	Yes. 300cm x 300cm (Draw and Impress)	Partial. 142.22cm x 142.22cm
Editing of master slides	Partial. Limited editing, has been a GSOC 2013 project ([128]).	Yes. Powerful editing
Default keyboard shortcuts	Partial. Less default shortcuts ([129])	Yes. More default shortcuts ([130], [131])
Closed captions or subtitles to media	No	Yes, to audio and video files in presentations ([132]).
Conversion of hand-drawn shapes into diagrams / recognition of ink equations	No	Yes. [133] Conversion of ink to shapes/diagrams in MS PowerPoint; Ink equations (conversion of drawing to equation) in PowerPoint. (Not supported in MS Office 2021 sales versions and only available on Windows 10/11; not supported in macOS sales version).
Automatically suggesting presentation outline from online sources by entering subject	No	Yes. "QuickStarter feature (Not supported in MS Office 2016 sales version and not supported in Windows version)
"Morph" transition type	No	Yes. [134]
Creation of automatically starting presentations	No, extension: ImpressRunner	Yes
Export presentation to video formats	No (tdf#34959)	Yes. Supported to .mp4 and .wmv formats. Export up to 4K resolution.
Slide zoom and pan	No (tdf#150383)	Yes
Option to save as picture presentation	No (tdf#93589)	Yes
Using Surface Earbuds to control presentation	No	Yes[135]
Autogeneration of alt text for photos	No	Yes [136] (Supported in Windows rental version, not supported in MS Office sales versions; not supported on macOS)

Desktop Database program: LibreOffice Base vs. Microsoft Access

Major Feature Differences	LO Base 24.8	MS Access 2024 / 365
Available on all operating systems supported by the office suite	Yes	No. MS Access not available on macOS, online and mobile OS versions
SQL syntax highlighting	Yes	No
Native connectors for: MariaSQL, PostgreSQL, Novell GroupWise	Yes. Plus MySQL as extension. [137]	No, via ODBC
Integration of Mozilla Thunderbird address book, KDE address book, Evolution LDAP and storage, Windows system address book	Yes	No
Native JDBC driver	Yes	No
Connect to ODF spreadsheet (Calc) file format	Yes	No
Database engine	Yes. 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	Partial. Jet
Integration of MS Outlook address book	Partial. 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.	Yes
Importing data sources (tables) from within the database application	Partial. Either via drag & drop from Calc or via drag & drop from another Base window with the data source being open. ([138]) (tdf#51872)	Yes
Exporting tables to different file formats from within the database application:	Partial. Only via drag&drop to LibreOffice Calc or via drag & drop from another Base window with the writable data source being open. ([139]) (tdf#73798)	Yes
Edit MS Access files	Partial. via "Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0" with read/write access to MDB and ACCDB files (Editing MS Access through 64-bit ODBC doesn't work tdf#148367). Driver works on Windows only.	Yes
Native connector for: Microsoft SQL Server	No, via ODBC	Yes
Crosstab queries	No. Not supported but reproducible with Pivot Table with Calc (FAQ 142 )	Yes
"Linked tables" capability	No. Not supported but you can link text tables (FAQ 143) (tdf#56234)	Yes. Linked tables and Linked Tables Manager.
Imported table from spreadsheets - keep fields format	No	Yes
Import data from XML, HTML	No	Yes
Minor Feature Differences	LO Base 24.8	MS Access 2024 / 365
Native connector for: dBase databases	Yes	No. Not supported (removed feature since Office 2013)
Open LibreOffice Base (.odb) files	Yes	No
Open DOS/Windows legacy formats: Microsoft Works database	Yes	No
Native connector for: SharePoint lists	No	Yes
Link or import data from Salesforce and Dynamics 365	No	Yes
Web service data connection	No	Yes
Password protection of database	No (tdf#70638)	Yes
Calculations in database tables	No (tdf#72787)	Yes

Most important extensions for desktop LibreOffice

LibreOffice has a complex eco-system of extensions (over 600 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
General office suite: LibreOffice	Overview of language-related extensions for LibreOffice (Writing aids, spell-check dictionaries, hyphenation patterns, Grammar check,...) OpenOffice.org2GoogleDocs exports, updates and imports documents to and from Google Docs, Zoho and WebDAV servers. TeamDrive allows to shared spaces in the TeamDrive collaboration software. Wollmux is a complex centralized system for templates, forms and letter heads developed by the city of Munich (in German and English language). eLAIX allows users to write and read ILIAS learning modules offline and to export to ePUB3 e-book file format. LibreOffice Server Installation GUI facilitates parallel and server installations of LibreOffice. Shared Technical Terminology Thesaurus Read Text. Read selection of text with Calc, Draw, Impress, Web Writer and Writer using speech synthesis. Custom Palette Export (allows to easily share custom color palettes) OOoLilyPond, use LilyPond musical notation within LibreOffice.
LibreOffice Writer	TexMaths adds an (Xe)LaTeX equation editor to LibreOffice DMaths adds a comprehensive mathematical tool box to LibreOffice Writer Chemistry allows to insert chemistry formulas as image from formula. Code Colorizer Formatter, Code Highlighter or COOoder provide syntax highlighting for LibreOffice Writer. AddPics creates a Writer document from pictures of scanned pages. Writer's Tools is a set of utilities for frequent writers. Alternative find & replace dialog for Writer. Typography toolbar for advanced use of Graphite smart font features. QR code Generator Transcriber, transcription tool for audio files. Organon, organisation and navigation tool to organize long texts (novels, narrations, scientific works). Template Changer, allows to change the template for an existing document. Footswitch. A transcription tool working wholly within LibreOffice Writer. TradutorLibreText. Tool to translate texts in several languages. Anaphraseus CAT tool. Macro set for Computer Aided Translation similar to famous Wordfast. Writer Rotation Tool, allows to rotate an image in a text document using the mouse, like others graphical objects. File format filters Export Freemind allows to export Writer documents to Freemind mind manager. Writer2LaTex allows to export Writer documents to LaTex. Writer2ePub allows to export to the a free and open e-book standard ePub.
LibreOffice Calc	Power Detective enhances Detective/Trace Precedents and Trace Dependents. GeOOo allows to create thematic maps with LibreOffice. CorelPolyGUI: Chart trend lines improved: polynomial trend line, force intercept of trend line and moving average trend line (most of its functionality is included in LibreOffice 4.2) PalOOCa OLAP Calc Extension: Connecting Calc to access Palo or XMLA capable OLAP servers. Display Formula and Result (Value) simultaneously Digitizer of XY chart LibreWeb, a tool to fill spreadsheet cells with data from different web pages. Remove Duplicates, quickly remove duplicates in Calc. New Jaguar Calc add-in provides SQLREQUEST function. File format filters: Calc2LaTeX allows to convert Calc tables to LaTeX.
LibreOffice Impress	Export as Images allows to export all the Impress slides or Draw pages as images in JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP and TIFF formats. OpenCards is a free award-winning flashcard learning software.
LibreOffice Draw	Barcode enables LibreOffice to add barcodes to documents. GeOOO allows the creations of thematic maps with LibreOffice. Cadlo makes it possible to make technical drawings in LibreOffice Draw. File format filters: GEDCOM import filter for Draw. Import Google Earth files (kml) in Draw. Gallery contents, shapes & stencils: A set of gallery themes to draw diagrams like circuit diagram. Network equipment shapes for LibreOffice. 1600 maps, diagrams, graphs, for geography and history. All countries, all states, all regions and all historical periods.
LibreOffice Base	Access2Base VBA for MSAccess emulator. (installed by default in LibreOffice 6.2; available for download for older versions than 6.1) BaseDocumenter fully document a LibreOffice Base application.
Accessibility extensions	odt2daisy, converts OpenDocument Text (ODT) to digital talking books in the DAISY format (DAISY 2.02, DAISY 3.0 XML and Full DAISY 3.0) for speech synthesis. Read Text, it uses an external program or a web service to read text. Read the selection with Calc, Draw, Impress, Web Writer and Writer. odt2braille, enables authors to print documents to a Braille embosser and to export documents as Braille files. The Braille output is well-formatted and highly customizable.

Mobile office: Smartphones, Tablets

Mobile Office suite, general features: LibreOffice vs. Microsoft Office

The comparison table of mobile office is Work in Progress.
Please feel free to improve it!

Major Feature Differences	Mobile: LibreOffice-based solutions	Mobile: MS Office 365
Integrated office architecture	Yes. Integrated office architecture: LibreOffice mobile shares the same processing engine, common to all modules, on all form factors (incl. desktop and online) [140].	No. Loose architecture differing between desktop (different between Windows and macOS), mobile and online office.
Versions of office suite for mobile operating systems (smartphones, tablets)	Yes. Mobile applications available as LibreOffice-based Collabora Office. LibreOffice viewer available for iOS/iPadOS and Android. Android: Collabora Office on Google Play available for smartphones and tablets, release announcement (2019-12-10). LibreOffice Viewer for Android available, with basic and experimental editing features. Information on new LibreOffice Android app: [141]. More information: Android port wiki, Commits , [142], [143]. iOS/iPadOS: Collabora Office 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: [144], [145]. ChromeOS: ChromeOS support is available in both Android and/or Linux on ChromeOS. Option 1) Android version optimised for ChromeOS is available as Collabora Office on Google Play, more information, XDA News Portal. Option 2) The full LibreOffice desktop version can be installed in Linux on Chromebooks.	Partial. Android and iOS for smartphones and tablets with restricted features set. No support for ChromeOS when offline. No support for ChromeOS on tablets. 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.
Support of Right-to-left⁠ (RTL) languages (e.g. Arabic) and other complex scripts	No	Yes
Minor Feature Differences	Mobile: LibreOffice-based solutions	Mobile: MS Office 365
Run Microsoft Visual Basic Macros.	Yes. Support for a large portion of Microsoft Visual Basic Macros (via Collabora Office).	No

Mobile Word processors: LibreOffice Writer vs. Microsoft Word

Major Feature Differences	Mobile: LibreOffice-based solutions: Writer	Mobile: MS Word 365
Open password protected documents	Yes. (via Collabora Office)	No
Minor Feature Differences	Mobile: LibreOffice-based solutions: Writer	Mobile: MS Word 365
XY	Partial	Partial.

Mobile Spreadsheet applications: LibreOffice Calc vs. Microsoft Excel

Major Feature Differences	Mobile: LibreOffice-based solutions: Calc	Mobile: MS Excel 365
XY	Partial	Partial.
Minor Feature Differences	Mobile: LibreOffice-based solutions: Calc	Mobile: MS Excel 365
XY	Partial	Partial.

Mobile Presentation software: LibreOffice Impress vs. Microsoft PowerPoint

Major Feature Differences	Mobile: LibreOffice-based solutions: Impress	Mobile: MS PowerPoint 365
XY	Partial	Partial.
Minor Feature Differences	Mobile: LibreOffice-based solutions: Impress	Mobile: MS PowerPoint 365
XY	Partial	Partial.

Online office: Web browser (and Chromebooks)

The comparison table of online office is Work in Progress.
Please feel free to improve it!

Chromebooks are in this Online office suite section for several reasons:
LibreOffice core software is available as a Chromebook App from Collabora Productivity by the name of Collabora Office, it is the same software as used in the Online suite with some optimisations for ChromeOS. In Sept 2021 Microsoft announced the discontinuation of their Chromebook App. By combining Online and Chromebook Apps in this table it enables the easy comparison of LibreOffice based office suites to Microsoft's Online when using a Chromebook.

Online Office suite, general features: LibreOffice Online vs. Microsoft Office for the web

Major Feature Differences	Online: LibreOffice-based Collabora Online 23.05 Chromebook App: Collabora Office	Online: MS Office for the web Chromebook App: Discontinued
Integrated office architecture	Yes. Integrated office architecture: Online LibreOffice shares the same processing engine, common to all modules, on all form factors (incl. mobile and desktop) [146].	No. Loose architecture differing between desktop (different between Windows and macOS), mobile and online office.
Online/cloud version of office suite	Yes. Libreoffice-based Collabora Online 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. [147], [148], [149], [150], [151], [152]. See also: LibreOffice Online port development.	Partial. Office web apps, with reduced functionality when compared to the Word desktop version and Collabora Online. ([153])
Applications	Yes. Writer, Calc, Impress, (Draw publishing capabilities are built in to Writer).	Yes. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams
File format support equivalence to desktop	Yes. Supports opening file formats of many office suites and other applications with over 150 extensions supported. (LibreOffice supported file formats) (via Online and Chromebook App)	No
Integration of online office suite into (third-party) collaboration software and groupware / content management systems	Yes. Integration of LibreOffice Online in: OwnCloud and Nextcloud, Kolab, Pydio, Seafile, IceWarp, AG-I Solutions, Alinto, VNCLagoon, EGroupware, Univention App Center, Kopano Documents, Collabora Online, Corteza Community Server, Alfresco ([154]), Roove, Zimbra ([155]), Mastermost, Moodle, IServ Schulserver. MS SharePoint integration SharePoint 2016 Server. See also these lists: Collabora Online hosting partners, Collabora Online partners, Availability of LibreOffice Online.	Partial. MS Office Online Server integration in MS SharePoint
Availability of online office suite in (third-party) online services / Free & commercial office cloud hosts	Yes. 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 these lists: Collabora Online hosting partners, Collabora Online partners, Availability of LibreOffice Online.	Partial MS OneDrive
Synchronous collaborative editing	Yes. Supported in online versions of Writer, Calc and Impress. Editing in real-time and interactively with no extra lag or latency to see other users’ typing avoiding the need for paragraph locking and conflict resolution issues.	Partial. Supported in MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint, it is not possible to edit in real-time and interactively without delays to see other users’ typing, and due to this there can be file conflicts that require investigation and resolution to avoid data loss.
Support of Right-to-left⁠ (RTL) languages (e.g. Arabic) and other complex scripts for all Document Types	Yes. Comprehensive support, based on HarfBuzz⁠ text shaping library (from Collabora Online release 21.11). (via Online)	No
Minor Feature Differences	Online: LibreOffice-based Collabora Online 23.05 Chromebook App: Collabora Office	Online: MS Office for the web Chromebook App: Discontinued
	Partial	Partial

Online Word processors: LibreOffice Online Writer vs. Microsoft Word for the web

Major Feature Differences	Online: LibreOffice-based Collabora Online Writer 23.05 Chromebook App: Collabora Office Writer	Online: MS Word for the web Chromebook App: Discontinued
WYSIWYG - Full Fidelity Editing, PDF generation, Printing	Yes. What You See Is What You Get. Any document being edited looks the same when saved as a PDF or when printed (via Online and Chromebook App)	No. Documents being edited do not look the same when saved as a PDF or when printed [156]
Set, change or delete document open Password Protected Files (encryption password)	Yes. (via Online and Chromebook App)	No. Word for the web can't encrypt a document with a password, and it can't open documents encrypted with a password[157]
Edit Password to Modify Documents	Yes. (via Online and Chromebook App)	No [158]
Adjust Table Sort Order	Yes. And additional options: Sort in multiple sequential columns or rows, and for each column or row choose alphanumeric or numeric, ascending or descending. Option to match case (via Online and Chromebook App)	No. Not possible to sort by column or row[159]
Format Table Cells	Yes. By Number, Percent, Currency, Date, Time, Scientific, Fraction, Boolean Value and Text. (via Online and Chromebook App)	No
Headers and Footers appear in the editable document	Yes. It is a WYSIWYG word processor. (via Online and Chromebook App)	No
Find and Replace with options as available on desktop	Yes. (via Online and Chromebook App)	No. Very Basic.
Clipboard (Copy and Paste)	Yes. Copying and pasting within the web app works with advanced document features. Pasting content copied from outside the web app is advanced (via Online)	Partial. Copying and pasting within the web app is functional for basic features available in the app. Pasting content copied from outside the web app is limited, such as it cannot copy and paste a hyperlink without losing the link. [160]
Word processor file format support equivalence to desktop	Yes. Supports opening word processor files in OpenDocument Format, and other formats from products such as Abiword, AportisDoc, Apple Pages, AppleWorks, Hangul WP 97, Ichitaro 8/9/10/11, Lotus Word Pro, MacWrite 1.5, Microsoft Pocket/RTF/Word 4/5/6.0/95/97-2003/2003XML/2007-2021/for Mac/for Windows2.0/Write, PDF, Software602, StarOffice StarWriter 3/4/5, WordPerfect, WordPerfect Suite 2000/Office 1.0, WriteNow 4.0. And others: Adobe PageMaker, Microsoft Publisher, QuarkXPress 3–4, HTML (LibreOffice supported file formats) (via Online and Chromebook App)	No. It will edit docx, dotx and ods (OpenDocument Format). It will open doc but cannot save it back in the same format. It will open docm and dotm but the macros will not run. It will not open or edit other formats that are supported in the desktop versions for Windows and Mac. (Word supported file formats)
PDF & EPUB Export Options	Yes. Options available are the same or similar as in the LibreOffice desktop applications (via Online)	No.
Minor Feature Differences	Online: LibreOffice-based Collabora Online Writer 23.05 Chromebook App: Collabora Office Writer	Online: MS Word for the web Chromebook App: Discontinued
Templates, browse and start from professionally designed templates	Yes. (via Online)	No [161]
Save in Microsoft Word 97 - Word 2003 format (.doc)	Yes. (via Online and Chromebook App)	No [162]
Save in EPUB e-book format (.epub)	Yes. (via Online and Chromebook App)	No
Edit and Run Microsoft Visual Basic Macros, (docm, dotm)	Yes. Support a large portion of Microsoft Visual Basic Macros (via Online and Chromebook App)	No [163]
Title Page	Yes. With options for number of title pages, page to start at, title style, title numbering (via Online and Chromebook App)	No
Thesaurus	Yes. (via Online and Chromebook App)	No
Page Gutter Margins (book / thesis binding)	Yes. Gutter Margins can be positioned on the left or top (via Online)	No
Add and Edit Page Backgrounds	Yes. Colour, Gradients, Bitmap, Pattern and Hatch, options available for each of these are the same or similar as in the LibreOffice desktop applications (via Online and Chromebook App)	Partial. Very Basic.
Add and Edit Page Transparency	Yes. Transparencies, options available are the same or similar as in the LibreOffice desktop applications (via Online and Chromebook App)	No [164]
Add and Edit Page Borders	Yes. Borders, options available are the same or similar as in the LibreOffice desktop applications (via Online and Chromebook App)	No [165]
Add and Edit Page Columns	Yes. Columns, options available are the same or similar as in the LibreOffice desktop applications (via Online and Chromebook App)	No. [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/servicedescriptions/office-online-service-description/office-online-service-description
Display Headers and Footers, Footnotes, Endnotes in-line in the document	Yes. A WYSIWYG word processor (via Online and Chromebook App)	No [166]
Add, Edit, View Charts	Yes. Full options as available in desktop (via Online and Chromebook App)	No. They appear as placeholders that you cannot edit, move or resize [167]
Add, Edit, View Shapes	Yes. Full options as available in desktop (via Online)	No. They appear as placeholders that you cannot edit, move or resize [168]
Add, Edit, View SmartArt and WordArt (aka Fontwork)	Yes. (via Online)	No. They appear as placeholders that you cannot edit, move or resize [169]
Watermarks	Yes. (via Online and Chromebook App)	No [170]
Bookmarks	Yes. (via Online and Chromebook App)	No [171]
Fields	Yes. (With options under sub-categories of Documents, Cross-references, Functions, DocInformation and variables (via Online) Chromebook App has a few less options	No [172]
Edit Cross References	Yes. (via Online and Chromebook App)	No. It is not possible to edit the destination [173]
Index	Yes. options available are the same or similar as in the LibreOffice desktop applications (via Online)	No [174]
Table: "Optimal Column Widths" and "Optimal Row Height"	Yes. (via Online)	No [175]
Full control of anchoring with visible anchor points for images etc.	Yes. WYSIWYG precision visible anchoring (via Online)	No
Text Box	Yes. With full desktop options including, size, anchors, protection, borders, rotation, corners, shading, etc. (via Online)	Partial. Basic [176]
Citations and bibliography	Yes. (via Online)	No [177]
Rich Fields Support - tab through editable fields; skip protected sections	Yes. DOC and DOCX forms	No
PDF export extended options	Yes. PDF fillable forms created using content controls. (from Collabora Online 22.05), (the developer’s blog post). (via Online)	No
Table of contents	Yes. Options available are the same or similar as in the LibreOffice desktop applications (via Online and Chromebook App)	Partial. Basic options. [178]
Page Sizes	Yes. Letter, Legal, A3, A4, A5, A6, B4 (ISO), B5 (ISO), B6 (ISO), Long Bond, Tabloid, B4 (JIS), B5 (JIS), B6 (JIS), 16 Kai, 32 Kai, Big 32 Kai, User, DL Envelope, C6 Envelope, C6/5 Envelope, C5 Envelope, C4 Envelope, #6 3/4 Envelope, #7 3/4 (Monarch) Envelope, #9 Envelope, #10 Envelope, #11 Envelope, #12 Envelope, Japanese Postcard. (via Online and Chromebook App)	Partial. Letter, Legal, Executive, A4, A5, and custom size layouts [179]
Wrap text around images	Yes. Full options for wrapping text around images including: before, after, parallel, contour wrapping, in front and behind, precision visible anchoring (via Online)	Partial. No effective wrapping, the text does not wrap around images.
Word count and character count	Yes. Accurate count of words and characters. (via Online and Chromebook App)	Partial. A rough count of words. [180]
Keyboard shortcuts	Yes. Advanced: all users can use their own language’s keyboard shortcuts when editing a file collaboratively. Holding the ‘Alt’ key highlight shortcuts, tab sequence then works, options for learnability and improved accessability. (from Collabora Online release 23.05). (via Online)	Partial. Less shortcuts, with no mention of whether the users own language is used for keyboard shortcuts when editing a file collaboratively. ([181])
Screen Reader	Yes. Using NVDA. [182] (via Online)	Partial. Requires adjunct browser based screen reader.
Co-authoring between online and native app	No. For more information the see the row "Synchronous collaborative editing"	Yes. MS Office 2019 sales version on Windows introduced real-time co-authoring with Word for the web
Table Autoformat Styles to choose from	No (#4356)	Yes
Add-ins	No	Yes
Dictate	No	Yes
Emoji	No	Yes
Share as Embedded HTML	No	Yes
Reuse Files	No	Yes. Open another document in a preview enabling selection of paragraphs or images for insertion, or for adding a link to that document.
Catchup	No	Yes. View changes your collaborators have made to a file since you last opened it.
Insert Equations with Structures	No. (#4049)	Yes
Insert Image options	Partial. Select by folder and file only. (via Online and Chromebook App)	Yes. Select by folder and file, also by previewing categorised images
Margins	Partial. Custom options. (via Online and Chromebook App)	Yes. Custom options and 5 presets.
Captions	No	No [183]
Mail Merge	No	No [184]
Cover Pages	Yes. via Styles First Page	Yes. Includes samples [185]
Translate	Yes. (from Collabora Online release 22.05.7.3), (tdf#34058), (#4285). (via Online)	Yes. [186]
Bullets, Numbering, Outline, Images, Alignment	Yes. 79 bullets inc 71 resizable images, 8 numbering, 8 outline, comprehensive position alignment options. (via Online and Chromebook App)	Yes. 17 bullets inc 13 images, 15 numbering, 3 outline, minimal position alignment options. not resizable, but has option to define new bullet points from the Symbol library
Accessibility checker	Yes. (via Online)	Yes

Online Spreadsheet applications: LibreOffice Online Calc vs. Microsoft Excel for the web

Major Feature Differences	Online: LibreOffice-based Collabora Online Calc 23.05 Chromebook App: Collabora Office Calc	Online: MS Excel for the web Chromebook App: Discontinued
Spreadsheet file format support equivalence to desktop	Yes. Supports opening spreadsheet files in OpenDocument Format, and other formats from products such as Apple Numbers, Data Interchange Format, Gnumeric, Lotus 1-2-3, Microsoft Excel (4/5/6/2003XML/97-2003/2007-2021/Pocket), Quattro Pro 6.0, SYLK, StarOffice StarCalc 3/4/5 and other applications. (LibreOffice supported file formats) (via Online and Chromebook App)	No. It will edit xlsx, xlsb and ods (OpenDocument Format). It will open xls and csv but cannot save them back in the same format. It will not open or edit other formats that are supported in the desktop versions for Windows and Mac. (Excel supported file formats)
CSV support, (Comma Separated Value(s), .csv)	Yes. Opening a CSV shows an Import dialog (Define character set, language, define import starting row, specify separator options, edit string delimiter) and shows a Preview screen. It is possible to Download as CSV. (from any device, from CODE release 6.4.9). (via Online and Chromebook App)	Partial. Opening a CSV converts it to .xlsx without an import dialog and without a preview. No option to download as CSV. (Excel CSV limitations)
Minor Feature Differences	Online: LibreOffice-based Collabora Online Calc 23.05 Chromebook App: Collabora Office Calc	Online: MS Excel for the web Chromebook App: Discontinued
Save in Microsoft Excel 97 - Excel 2003 (.xls) format	Yes. (via Online and Chromebook App).	No
Sparklines (to give a quick overview of the trend in a data range)	Yes. Full support (via Online)	No
Defining and managing Range Names	Yes. (from CODE release 6.4.3). (via Online and Chromebook App).	No
Line Borders	Yes. (via Online and Chromebook App).	Partial. A subset of line borders used in the desktop application are supported

Online Presentation software: LibreOffice Online Impress vs. Microsoft PowerPoint for the web

Major Feature Differences	Online: LibreOffice-based Collabora Online Impress 23.05 Chromebook App: Collabora Office Impress	Online: MS PowerPoint for the web Chromebook App: Discontinued
Presentation file format support equivalence to desktop	Yes. Supports opening presentation files in OpenDocument Format, and other formats from products such as Apple Keynote, Microsoft Powerpoint97-2003/2007-2021, OpenOffice.org XML, Photo CD, StarOffice/StarImpress and others. (LibreOffice supported file formats) (via Online and Chromebook App)	No. It will edit pptx, ppsx and odp (OpenDocument Format). It will open ppt and pps but cannot save them back in the same format. It will not open or edit other formats that are supported in the desktop versions for Windows and Mac. (PowerPoint supported file formats)
Minor Feature Differences	Online: LibreOffice-based Collabora Online Impress 23.05 Chromebook App: Collabora Office Impress	Online: MS PowerPoint for the web Chromebook App: Discontinued
Save in Microsoft Powerpoint 97 - Powerpoint 2003 (.ppt) format	Yes. (via Online and Chromebook App).	No
Online Video	No (tdf#42246). Work-around: Download of online video and embed it in presentation (incl. Flash videos) (via Online)	Yes. With preview, supported video providers: YouTube, SlideShare, Vimeo, Stream, Flipgrid, TED