LibreOffice was developed to be a productivity suite that is compatible with
other major office suites, and available on a variety of platforms. It is free
software and therefore free to download, use and distribute.
LibreOffice Writer
LibreOffice Writer lets you design and produce text documents that can include
graphics, tables, or charts. You can then save the documents in a variety of
formats, including the standardized OpenDocument format (ODF), Microsoft Word
.doc format, or HTML. And you can easily export your document to the Portable
Document Format (PDF).
Writing
LibreOffice Writer lets you create both basic documents, such as memos, faxes,
letters , resumes and merge documents, as well as long and complex or
multi-part documents, complete with bibliographies, reference tables and
indexes.
LibreOffice Writer also includes such useful features as a spellchecker, a
thesaurus, AutoCorrect, and hyphenation as well as a variety of templates for
almost every purpose. You can also create your own templates using the wizards.
Designing and Structuring
LibreOffice offers a wide variety of options to design documents. Use the
Styles and Formatting window to create, assign and modify styles for
paragraphs, individual characters, frames and pages. In addition, the Navigator
helps you to quickly move around inside your documents, lets you look at your
document in an outline view, and keeps track of the objects that you have
inserted into your document.
You can also create various indexes and tables in text documents. You can
define the structure and appearance of the indexes and tables according to your
individual needs. Live hyperlinks and bookmarks let you jump directly to the
corresponding items in the text.
Desktop Publishing with LibreOffice Writer
LibreOffice Writer contains numerous desktop publishing and drawing tools to
assist you in creating professionally styled documents, such as brochures,
newsletters and invitations. You can format your documents with multi-column
layouts, text frames, graphics, tables, and other objects.
Calculations
Text documents in LibreOffice have an integrated calculation function that
helps you execute sophisticated calculations or logical links. You can easily
create a table in a text document in order to perform calculations.
Creating Drawings
The LibreOffice Writer drawing tool lets you create drawings, graphics,
legends, and other types of drawings directly in text documents.
Inserting Graphics
You can insert pictures with different formats into a text document, including
graphics with a JPG or GIF format. In addition, the Gallery provides a
collection of clipart graphics, and the Fontwork Gallery creates stunning font
effects.
Flexible Application Interface
The program interface is designed so that you can configure it according to
your preferences, including customizing icons and menus. You can position
various program windows, such as the Styles and Formatting window or the
Navigator as floating windows anywhere on the screen. You can also dock some
windows to the edge of the workspace.
Drag&Drop
The drag-and-drop feature enables you to work quickly and efficiently with text
documents in LibreOffice. For example, you can drag-and-drop objects, such as
graphics from the Gallery, from one location to another in the same document,
or between open LibreOffice documents.
Web Pages
A tool for creating new web pages is the Web Layout mode, which you enable with
View - Web Layout.
LibreOffice Math
LibreOffice Math provides numerous operators, functions and formatting assistants
to help you create formulas. These are all listed in a selection window, in
which you can click the required element with the mouse to insert the object
into your work.
Creating a Formula
As with charts and images, formulas are created as objects within a document.
Inserting a formula into a document automatically starts LibreOffice Math. You
can create, edit and format the formula using a large selection of predefined
symbols and functions.
Typing a Formula Directly
If you are familiar with the LibreOffice Math language, you can also type a
formula directly into the document. For example, type this formula into a text
document: "a sup 2 + b sup 2 = c sup 2". Select this text and choose
Insert - Object - Formula. The text will be converted into a formatted formula.
Creating a Formula in the Commands Window
Use the LibreOffice Math Commands window to enter and edit formulas. As you
make entries in the Commands window, you see the results in the document. To
maintain an overview when creating long and complicated formulas, use the
Formula Cursor on the Tools bar. When this function is activated, the cursor
location within the Commands window is also shown in the text window.
Individual Symbols
You can create your own symbols and import characters from other fonts. You can
add new symbols to the basic catalog of LibreOffice Math symbols, or create
your own special catalogs. Numerous special characters are also available.
Formulas in Context
To make working with formulas easier, use the context menus, which can be
called up with a right mouse click. This applies especially to the Commands
window. This context menu contains all the commands that are found in the
Formula Elements window, and also operators, and so on, which can be inserted
into your formula by mouse-click without having to key them into the Commands
window.
LibreOffice Impress
LibreOffice Impress lets you create professional slide shows that can include
charts, drawing objects, text, multimedia and a variety of other items. If you
want, you can even import and modify Microsoft PowerPoint presentations.
For on-screen slide shows, animation, slide transitions and multimedia are a
few of the techniques you can use to make your presentation more exciting.
Creating Vector Graphics
Many of the tools for creating vector graphics in LibreOffice Draw are
available in LibreOffice Impress.
Creating Slides
LibreOffice Impress provides you with templates to create professional-looking
slides.
You can also assign a number of dynamic effects to your slides, including
animation and transition effects.
Creating Presentations
Several views or pages are available when you design a slide show. For example,
the Slide Sorter displays an overview of your slides in thumbnail form, while
the Handout page contains both the slide and the text you want to distribute to
the audience.
LibreOffice Impress also lets you rehearse the timing of your slide show.
Publishing Presentations
You can publish your slides on-screen, as handouts, or as HTML documents.
Giving Presentations
LibreOffice Impress gives you the choice of running a slide show automatically
or manually.
LibreOffice Draw
LibreOffice Draw lets you create simple and complex drawings and export them in
a number of common image formats. You can also insert tables, charts, formulas
and other items created in LibreOffice programs into your drawings.
Vector Graphics
LibreOffice Draw creates vector graphics using lines and curves defined by
mathematical vectors. Vectors describe lines, ellipses, and polygons according
to their geometry.
Creating 3D Objects
You can create simple 3D objects such as cubes, spheres, and cylinders in
LibreOffice Draw and even modify the light source of the objects.
Grids and Guides
Grids and guides provide a visual cue to help you align objects in your
drawing. You can also choose to snap an object to a grid line, guide or to the
edge of another object.
Connecting Objects to Show Relationships
You can connect objects in LibreOffice Draw with special lines called
"connectors" to show the relationship between objects. Connectors
attach to glue points on drawing objects and remain attached when the connected
objects are moved. Connectors are useful for creating organization charts and
technical diagrams.
Displaying Dimensions
Technical diagrams often show the dimensions of objects in the drawing. In
LibreOffice Draw, you can use dimension lines to calculate and display linear
dimensions.
Gallery
The Gallery contains images, animations, sounds and other items that you can
insert and use in your drawings as well as other LibreOffice programs.
Graphic File Formats
LibreOffice Draw can export to many common graphic file formats, such as BMP,
GIF, JPG, and PNG.
LibreOffice Base
In LibreOffice Base, you can access data that is stored in a wide variety of
database file formats. LibreOffice Base natively supports some flat file
database formats, such as the dBASE format. You can also use LibreOffice Base
to connect to external relational databases, such as databases from MySQL or
Oracle.
The following database types are read-only types in LibreOffice Base. From
within LibreOffice Base it is not possible to change the database structure or
to edit, insert, and delete database records for these database types:
- Spreadsheet files
- Text files
- Address book data
LibreOffice Chart
Charts allow you to present data so that it is easy to visualize. You can
create a chart from source data in a Calc spreadsheet or a Writer table. When
the chart is embedded in the same document as the data, it stays linked to the
data, so that the chart automatically updates when you change the source data.
Chart Types
Choose from a variety of 3D charts and 2D charts, such as bar charts, line
charts, stock charts. You can change chart types with a few clicks of the
mouse.
Individual Formatting
You can customize individual chart elements, such as axes, data labels, and
legends, by right-clicking them in the chart, or with toolbar icons and menu
commands.
LibreOffice Calc
LibreOffice Calc is a spreadsheet application that you can use to calculate,
analyze, and manage your data. You can also import and modify Microsoft Excel
spreadsheets.
Calculations
LibreOffice Calc provides you with functions, including statistical and banking
functions, that you can use to create formulas to perform complex calculations
on your data.
You can also use the Function Wizard to help you create your formulas.
What-If Calculations
An interesting feature is to be able to immediately view the results of changes
made to one factor of calculations that are composed of several factors. For
instance, you can see how changing the time period in a loan calculation
affects the interest rates or repayment amounts. Furthermore, you can manage
larger tables by using different predefined scenarios.
Database Functions
Use spreadsheets to arrange, store, and filter your data. LibreOffice Calc lets
you drag-and-drop tables from databases, or lets you use a spreadsheet as a
data source for creating form letters in LibreOffice Writer.
Arranging Data
With a few mouse-clicks, you can reorganize your spreadsheet to show or hide
certain data ranges, or to format ranges according to special conditions, or to
quickly calculate subtotals and totals.
Dynamic Charts
LibreOffice Calc lets you present spreadsheet data in dynamic charts that
update automatically when the data changes.
Opening and Saving Microsoft Files
Use the LibreOffice filters to convert Excel files, or to open and save in a
variety of other formats.
DataPilot
The DataPilot (sometimes known as Pivot Table) allows you to combine, compare,
and analyze large amounts of data. You can view different summaries of the
source data, you can display the details of areas of interest, and you can
create reports.
A table that has been created with the DataPilot is an interactive table. Data
can be arranged, rearranged or summarized according to different points of
view.
Requirements:
· 256 Mbytes RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)
· At least 650 Mbytes available
disk space
for a default install (including a JRE) via download. After installation and
deletion of temporary installation files, OpenOffice.org will use approximately
440 Mbytes disk space.
· 1024 x 768 or higher resolution with at least 256 colours
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