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This is parked information below (features that are now supported by both office suites, LibreOffice and Microsoft Office)
General office suite: LibreOffice vs. Microsoft Office
Major Feature Differences
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LibreOffice 6.0
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MS Office 2016
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Available as native 64-bit application on OS
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Linux, Mac OS X, Windows (> XP).
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Windows, Mac OS X
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Import of audio and video formats RMI Midi, SND (SounND)
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Supported
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Supported
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Import of Windows Media video and audio formats as well as AAC-Audio (Advanced Audio Coding)
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Supported
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Supported
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Tabbed user interface
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Not supported
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Not supported; available as (paid) third-party extension
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Word processors: LibreOffice Writer vs. Microsoft Word
Major Feature Differences
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LO Writer 6.0
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MS Word 2016
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Navigator / Navigation pane / Browse by
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Supported
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Supported
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Rotate images
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Supported.
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Supported
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Different header and footer on the first page
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Supported
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Supported
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Comments for text ranges
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Supported
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Supported
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Export to MS Works format
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Not supported
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Not supported (dropped in MSO 2013)
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Border around characters
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Yes. Feature implemented in version 4.2, GSOC 2013 project.
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Supported
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Print comments in right margin
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Supported (tdf#36815), only on next page or at the end of text. Available since version 4.3.
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Supported
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Support for paragraphs longer than 65534 characters
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Supported supported since version 4.3 (tdf#30668)
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Supported
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Password protection of tracked changes
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Supported
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Supported
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Increase/decrease size in a selections of mixed-sized text
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Supported.
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Supported
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Spreadsheet applications: LibreOffice Calc vs. Microsoft Excel
Major Feature Differences
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LO Calc 6.0
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MS Excel 2016
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Pivot table
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Supported
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Supported
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Interactive diagrams / PivotChart
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Supported PivotCharts. Support was introduced in LibreOffice 5.4[1].
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Supported
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Polynomial trend lines
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Yes & extension: CorelPolyGUI. Support was introduced in LibreOffice 4.2 (tdf#40317).
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Supported
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Presentation software: LibreOffice Impress vs. Microsoft PowerPoint
Major Feature Differences
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LO Impress 5.4
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MS PowerPoint 2016
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Presenter view / Presentation display
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Supported
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Supported
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Database programme: LibreOffice Base vs. Microsoft Access
Major Feature Differences
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LO Base 6.0
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MS Access 2016
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Search tables
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Supported
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Supported
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