Documentation/Publications

You can find most current publications, both in English and other languages, at the official documentation website. This page provides a documentation archive of current English publications as well as older publications and individual chapters of user guides.

To join the Documentation Team and help develop these publications, see: Documentation/Development.

User Guides
The user guides contain detailed instructions for end users. This section lists guides for recent versions of LibreOffice. Guides for LibreOffice versions 3.x, 4.x and 5.x are listed on a separate page.

Printed copies can be purchased from the LibreOffice User Guides store at Lulu.com. Profits from sales of these books are used to support the LibreOffice community.

Please let us know about any mistakes you find by writing to us at [mailto:documentation@global.libreoffice.org documentation@global.libreoffice.org].

If you wish to help us with the development of these guides, please refer to the Documentation development page.

Getting Started with LibreOffice
Complete book

Separate chapters

LibreOffice Writer Guide
Complete book

Separate chapters

LibreOffice 7.2 Writer Guide for macOS
Complete book

LibreOffice Calc Guide
Complete book

Separate chapters

LibreOffice Impress Guide
Complete book

Separate chapters

LibreOffice Draw Guide
Complete book

Separate chapters

LibreOffice Base Guide
Base Guide 6.2 has been translated from German. v6.4 has been updated from v6.2.

Complete book

Individual chapters

Additional files
 * [[Media:SampleDatabases62.zip|Zip file of databases used in Base Guide 6.2]]

LibreOffice Tutorial
Complete book

Separate chapters Required Files
 * [[Media:WorkFilesForLibreOffice64.zip|Work Files for LibreOffice Tutorials]]

Calc

 * How to Create a Home Finances Budget using Calc ([[Media:how-to-create-a-budget-Calc.odt|ODT]] / [[Media:how-to-create-a-budget-Calc.pdf|PDF]])
 * [[Media:budget sample.ods|Budget spreadsheet sample (ODS)]]
 * Conditional formatting Guide ([[Media:LibreOffice Calc. Conditional formatting guide EN.pdf|PDF]])

Draw

 * How to Create Ad Posters using Draw ([[Media:how-to-create-posters-Draw.odt|ODT]] / [[Media:how-to-create-posters-Draw.pdf|PDF]])
 * [[Media:poster sample.odg|Poster sample (ODG)]]

Base

 * Tutorial: Creating a Relational Database using Base, refer to Getting Started with LibreOffice Chapter 8 Getting Started with Base
 * [[Media:Automobile.odb|Relational database sample (ODB)]]
 * How to Access and Use Data Sources with Base ([[Media:AccessDataSources.odt|ODT]] / [[Media:AccessDataSources.pdf|PDF]])

Miscellaneous

 * [[Media:Installing extensions.odt|Installing Extensions in LibreOffice (ODT)]]
 * LibreOffice migration protocol (PDF)

Desktop Reference Cards
These come in both A4 and US letter sizes, ready for printing and optional lamination.

LibreOffice Basic Reference Cards
From Jean-François Nifenecker.