Description
Licensing Office across an organization runs into real money, and for a home machine that occasionally edits a document or a spreadsheet it is hard to justify. LibreOffice fills that slot — Writer, Calc and Impress as a complete suite, entirely free, opening and saving docx, xlsx and pptx directly.
Open-source and free, on Windows, macOS and Linux.
Six components in one install: Writer for documents, Calc for spreadsheets, Impress for slides, plus Draw, Base and Math — nearly everything routine office work needs, without assembling it from pieces.
Microsoft format compatibility: open, edit and save docx, xlsx and pptx directly, so a colleague's file can be edited and sent back with formatting essentially intact.
Native PDF export: export any document to PDF in one click, with no virtual printer to install, and with permissions and passwords available.
Offline, nothing uploaded: a purely local program that keeps files on your own machine and never forces an account login — reassuring for contracts and quotes.
Extensions and templates: an official repository offers dictionaries, templates and add-ons when you want them, and it is complete without them.
Open-source and free, on Windows, macOS and Linux.
Features
Six components in one install: Writer for documents, Calc for spreadsheets, Impress for slides, plus Draw, Base and Math — nearly everything routine office work needs, without assembling it from pieces.
Microsoft format compatibility: open, edit and save docx, xlsx and pptx directly, so a colleague's file can be edited and sent back with formatting essentially intact.
Native PDF export: export any document to PDF in one click, with no virtual printer to install, and with permissions and passwords available.
Offline, nothing uploaded: a purely local program that keeps files on your own machine and never forces an account login — reassuring for contracts and quotes.
Extensions and templates: an official repository offers dictionaries, templates and add-ons when you want them, and it is complete without them.
