What is LibreOffice?
LibreOffice is a freely available, fully-featured office productivity suite. Its native file format is
OpenDocument, an open standard format that is being adopted by governments worldwide as a
required file format for publishing and accepting documents. LibreOffice can also open and save
documents in many other formats, including those used by several versions of Microsoft Office.
LibreOffice includes the following components:
Writer (Word Processor)
Writer is a feature-rich tool for creating letters, books, reports, newsletters, brochures, and other documents. You can insert graphics and objects from other components into Writer documents. Writer can export files to HTML, XHTML, XML, Adobe’s Portable Document Format (PDF), and several versions of Microsoft Word
files. It also connects to your email client.
Calc (Spreadsheet)
Calc has all of the advanced analysis, charting, and decision-making features expected from a high-end spreadsheet. It includes over 300 functions for financial, statistical, and mathematical operations, among others. The Scenario Manager provides “what if” analysis. Calc generates 2-D and 3-D charts, which can be integrated into other LibreOffice documents. You can also open and work with Microsoft Excel workbooks and save them in Excel format. Calc can export spreadsheets to Adobe’s PDF and to HTML.Impress (Presentations)
Impress provides all the common multimedia presentation tools, such as special effects, animation, and drawing tools. It is integrated with the advanced graphics capabilities of LibreOffice’s Draw and Math components. Slide shows can be further enhanced with Fontwork’s special effects text, as well as sound and video clips. Impress is compatible with Microsoft’s PowerPoint file format and can also save your work in numerous graphics formats, including Macromedia Flash (SWF).
Draw (vector graphics)Draw is a vector drawing tool that can produce everything from simple diagrams or flowcharts to 3-D artwork. Its Smart Connectors feature allows you to define your own connection points. You can use Draw to create drawings for use in any of LibreOffice’s other components, and you can create your own clip art and add it to the Gallery. Draw can import graphics from many common formats and save them in over 20 formats, including PNG, HTML, PDF, and Flash.
Math (formula editor)
Math is LibreOffice’s formula or equation editor. You can use it to create complex equations that include symbols or characters not available in standard font sets. While it is most commonly used to create formulas in other documents, such as Writer and Impress files, Math can also work as a standalone tool. You can save formulas in the standard Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) format for inclusion in web pages and other documents not created by LibreOffice.
How to get the Software?
The software can be downloaded from http://www.libreoffice.org/. You can also download the
software by using a Peer-to-Peer client, such as BitTorrent, at the same address. Linux users will find LibreOffice included in many of the latest Linux distributions; Ubuntu is just one example.
How to install the software?
Information on installing and setting up LibreOffice on the various supported operating systems is given here: http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/installation/.
Extensions and add-ons
Extensions and add-ons are available to enhance LibreOffice. Several extensions are installed with
the program and others are available from the official extensions repository, http://extensions.libreoffice.org/. See Chapter 14, Customizing LibreOffice, for more information on
installing them.
Starting LibreOffice
The most common way to launch any component of LibreOffice is by using the system menu, the
standard menu from which most applications are started. On Windows, it is called the Start menu.
On GNOME, it is called the Applications menu. On KDE it is identified by the KDE logo. On Mac
OS X, it is the Applications menu.
When LibreOffice was installed on your computer, in most cases a menu entry for each component
was added to your system menu. The exact name and location of these menu entries depend on
the operating system and graphical user interface.
Note for Windows users
If you have associated Microsoft Office file types with LibreOffice, then when you double-click on a
*.doc (Word) file, it opens in Writer; *.xls (Excel) files open in Calc; and *.ppt (PowerPoint)
files open in Impress.
If you did not associate the file types, then when you double-click on a Microsoft Word document, it
opens in Microsoft Word (if Word is installed on your computer), Excel files open in Excel, and
PowerPoint files open in PowerPoint.
You can use another method to open Microsoft Office files in LibreOffice and save in those formats
from LibreOffice. See “Opening an existing document” on page 12 for more information.
Using the Quickstarter under Windows
The Quickstarter is an icon that is placed in the Windows system tray during system startup. It
indicates that LibreOffice has been loaded and is ready to use. (The Quickstarter loads library
*.DLL files required by LibreOffice, shortening the startup time for LibreOffice components). If the
Quickstarter is disabled, see “Reactivating the Quickstarter” to enable it.
Using the Quickstarter icon
Right-click the Quickstarter icon in the system tray to open a pop-up menu (Figure 1) from which
you can open a new document, open the Templates and Documents dialog, or choose an existing
document to open. You can also double-click the Quickstarter icon to display the Templates and
Documents dialog.
Right-click the Quickstarter icon in the system tray to open a pop-up menu (Figure 1) from which
you can open a new document, open the Templates and Documents dialog, or choose an existing
document to open. You can also double-click the Quickstarter icon to display the Templates and
Documents dialog.
The Environment of LibreOffice Vs. The Environment of Microsoft PowerPoint
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*Which is more easy to use? MS Office or LibreOffice?
Why do you think Libre Office is not popular compared to Ms Office?
ReplyDeletebecause out of 100%, 52.02% is the user of Windows xp up to Windows 10, but 21.7% only is the users of Ubuntu... and the rest of the percentage is the users of apple :)
DeleteWhat I'm saying is .. Give me reasons why most users preferred Ms office compared to Libre Office?
Deletei already clarify your question, just understand the use of ubuntu to windows, you will know the answer why most users preferred to use ms office. thank you god bless.
DeleteAside from the fact that Libre Office is free, can you tell me some functionality of the Libre Office that is not available in the MS Word? Would you recommend the use of Libre Office in school computer laboratories instead of MS Word?
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to word processors, LibreOffice Writer and Microsoft Word are easily two of the best out there. If you've used Microsoft Word before, then you'll be right at home with Writer and vice-versa. In fact, in many ways, Writer even blows Word out of the water.
DeleteWhen it comes to straight up features, Writer and Word are incredibly similar. Writer has all the major features of Word, including a fantastic grammar checker, a solid autosave system, support for a huge variety of formats, and plenty more. If you're a Word user, you'll have no problem making the jump to Writer because the two operate and look the same. Likewise, if this is your first Office suite, then Writer is easy to learn and use.
For years, Word's killer feature was a variety of editing options and change tracking. Now, though, Writer comes with all that as well. You can track changes, show edits, and everything else. In fact, I prefer Writer's simpler layout of tracked changes over Word's because it's a bit easier to use and understand.
Why does some effects on Impress are not displaying according to its function?
ReplyDeleteplease clear your question, do you mean the animation when it is open in ms pptx?
DeleteWho invented the LibreOffice?
ReplyDeleteThe document Foundation check this out :)
Deletehttps://www.documentfoundation.org/gethelp/developers/
they are the person behind this documentation but Christian Lohmaier :)
he is the infrastructure Admin of the Document Foundation :)
DeleteSir which do you prefer, MICROSOFT OFFICE or LIBREOFFICE SUITE?
ReplyDeleteAlthough I used MS office for a long time, I must prefer now the libreoffice suite. it is because of its advantage like it is free, and no need to buy the product key because i'm a cheap person. haha. and you can save and convert your file into pdf without hassle. :)
DeleteSir what is the advantage of libre office to microsoft office?
ReplyDeleteHi Ms. Carmela. The advantage of using libreoffice suite is:
Delete-It's free (as in speech) which means you can change it and rebuild it should you desire.
-It's free (as in beer)
-It's cross-platform in that it's written in Java, so it'll run on pretty much any platform
-Since it and its file formats are open you will still have access to the source in years to come and won't be stuck with not being able to open old legacy documents, like MS Office et al have demonstrated in the past
-It defaults to using open standards, rather than Microsoft's "open" standards which aren't really that open
-It'll save PDFs without hassle
-You can download it to your computer without having to give up any personal information
-It's not a gazillion gigabytes to download
-You can install it on as many machines as you like
-You can give a copy to your friends
Is Libre Office made by a Filipino?
ReplyDeleteso why it is called Libre Office very confusing
DeleteLibre is a loan word in English, borrowed from French and Spanish, used to describe something as being "free", in the sense of "having freedom" or "liberty". It is used in English is to distinguish the two meanings of free: free as in freedom (libre) from free as in free of charge (gratis). Another sample is common: Free as "Free Speech"
Deletecheck this out for more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libre_(word)
is it still possible to open Microsoft Office documents with Libre Office?
ReplyDeleteYes Ms. Erika, it is possible to open the documents, but be ready because some of the spacing and margins will disarranged. since ms office and LibreOffice is the same function but they are different developers.
DeleteI hate to say that but it's true I like more Libre Office than Microsoft Office. If you don't need Visual Basic go with LibreOffice lols
ReplyDeleteYes. Go with Ubuntu now! haha. I'll provide you the installer if you want :)
DeleteSir, does it mean that libreoffice is free to download from any site or only the site that you mention?
ReplyDeletepreferably if you search where to download the libreOffice, the first category will flash is that website, because that site, is up to date..
DeleteSir, does it mean that libreoffice is free to download from any site or only the site that you mention?
ReplyDeletereplied...
DeleteSir, does it mean that libreoffice is free to download from any site or only the site that you mention?
ReplyDeletereplied...
Deletesir,im an architecture student, does the "draw(vector graphics) can really help me in my autocadd subject?
ReplyDeleteYes! you can use LibreOffice Draw for your drawing subjects, but most of the teachers preferred to use AutoCAD, because for them the AutoCAD is most useful than the LibreOffice Draw, although they didn't try to use this for one time,
DeleteHow is Ubuntu not affected by viruses?
ReplyDeleteDaniella, this question is compatible on the other topic, but I will answer your question. Most viruses are written for Windows, with some others written for Mac OS X. Viruses written for Linux are very rare, so people don't encounter them very often. for example, check your flashdrive and click the properties, if your flashdrive is format in fat32 or fat16 you are very near to get a virus, because it is written for windows, but if you are using UBUNTU, you can format it to ext4, then your flashdrive is very rare to get a virus, BUT, take note, the ext4 format is applicable only for UBUNTU, and not for windows. Thank you Daniella I like your Question. God bless.
DeleteWhat's mostly used? MS or LibreOffice?
ReplyDeleteAs Far As I Know, Most people Preferred to use MS Office, because they didn't know the LibreOffice, but for you, I suggest you to use LibreOffice than MS Office.
DeleteWhat's the difference of LibreOffice to MicrosoftOffice? or is it just like a copy of MicrosoftOffice that is exclusive for Windows and LibreOffice to Ubuntu?
ReplyDeleteNo, LibreOffice is more integrated than Microsoft Office.
DeleteFor Example When it comes to word processors, LibreOffice Writer and Microsoft Word are easily two of the best out there. If you've used Microsoft Word before, then you'll be right at home with Writer and vice-versa. In fact, in many ways, Writer even blows Word out of the water.
When it comes to straight up features, Writer and Word are incredibly similar. Writer has all the major features of Word, including a fantastic grammar checker, a solid autosave system, support for a huge variety of formats, and plenty more. If you're a Word user, you'll have no problem making the jump to Writer because the two operate and look the same. Likewise, if this is your first Office suite, then Writer is easy to learn and use.
For years, Word's killer feature was a variety of editing options and change tracking. Now, though, Writer comes with all that as well. You can track changes, show edits, and everything else. In fact, I prefer Writer's simpler layout of tracked changes over Word's because it's a bit easier to use and understand.
You might not think it's really fair to compare the free LibreOffice and the paid Microsoft Office, but the two are a lot closer in features than you might think.
DeleteFor one, LibreOffice is compatible with a lot more systems, including Windows, OS X, and Linux, while Microsoft Office's newest version is restricted to just Windows 7 and Windows 8. Besides: it’s not about which one is “better” or “more feature filled.” It’s about whether your work requires what Microsoft has to offer, or if you can get by with something free and save a bit of money.
Deletehaha bida :)
Deletehahahaha... i hope you use ubuntu now:) XD
DeleteWow! Thanks for this info in your blog sir. Some of my questions are already answered by those great comments. But sir
ReplyDeleteWhat was the very big problem/ troubleshoots that ubuntu has ever discovered?
Ms. Anna Liza, your comment is greatly appreciated, hahaha, All operating systems freeze sometimes, and Ubuntu is no exception. since you are a good reader, you can read this article for more info: http://itvision.altervista.org/why.linux.is.not.ready.for.the.desktop.current.html
DeleteThank you God bless!
Welcome sir! :) I will read it. :D
DeleteI hope you enjoy reading! :)
Deletesir, 3j po :) LibreOffice isn't the only OpenOffice offshoot available for the Mac?
ReplyDeletei clear your question. WHY LibreOffice isn't the only OpenOffice offshoot available for the Mac?
Deletesimply because MAC OS has no emulator that can run all the features of Ubuntu. but windows has the emulator to run the applications in ubuntu. :)
sir, why does companies who produced this gadgets (laptop,desktop etc...) mostly use or program MS office than Libreoffice
ReplyDeletebecause they are sponsored by windows, since ubuntu is free, they don't have fund to sponsored the said gadgets :) so that's why most companies uses ms office than libreoffice :)
DeleteThis blog helps me to understand libreoffice more. Thank you Sir. I only have one question. Where would i download this libreoffice?
ReplyDeleteI mention the website above where the libreoffice should download :) read it again, hehe
DeleteSir, why is it that LibreOffice is not popular? Because I myself doesn't know about this. And if you're going to choose between MS and libreoffice what would you choose?
ReplyDeletebecause out of 100%, 52.02% is the user of Windows xp up to Windows 10, but 21.7% only is the users of Ubuntu... and the rest of the percentage is the users of apple :) and in terms of format and simplicity I rather choose libreoffice than ms office :)
DeleteThe blog is informative. It helps me to learn more about libreoffice. Sir can I ask question. When it comes to the features which one have the best?
ReplyDeleteI'm happy to know that :) check this page :)
Deletehttps://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Feature_Comparison:_LibreOffice__Microsoft_Office
This page compares the features of LibreOffice 5.2 and Microsoft Office 2016. It separates 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.
sir... why the MS windows is the most known rather than ubuntu.. what is the reason.????
ReplyDeletebecause windows is being advertise in the commercials..
DeleteSir, you said that Libre Office Suite was more efficient to use compare to MS Office, why can't we just convert all the pc of TUPC to that software?
ReplyDeletewe already use that OS last last year, but some of the Students is complaining about the service of ubuntu, they said that it is very hard to use,
Deletewhen it comes to features, which is better? libre office or Ms office?
ReplyDeletems office :) because you can save your files in different format you want.
Deletewhich is better and more convenient to use? libre office or MS office?
ReplyDeletelibreoffice :) because aside from it is free, it is ecofriendly. :D
DeleteSir I have long been using Microsoft Offices when it comes to studies before you introduce the ubuntu's Libreoffice suite.... I just want to ask if there's any advance features that we can use in Libre office that much more likely will make Microsoft offices lose ?? I mean will help when it comes to advance editing the paper works.
ReplyDeleteyou can convert your documents into pdf :) that's the exciting part of libreoffice :)
Deletesir bkit po libre???? sa Pilipinas po b to ginwa???
ReplyDeletethe LibreOFfice isn't made by a Filipino, it was done by The document Foundation check this out :)
Deletehttps://www.documentfoundation.org/gethelp/developers/
they are the person behind this documentation but Christian Lohmaier is the infrastructure Admin of the Document Foundation :)
Is there any advantages in using Libre Office than MS Office? And what is more preferable to use, especially to a student like me?
ReplyDeleteI already answered that question, please read the comments above.
DeleteSir, may disadvantages po ba ang paggamit ng Ubuntu?
ReplyDeleteThank you po. :)
I once used LibreOffice Writer and I've had a hard time looking for the options to change the case of text and up to now, I still can't find it. Having said that, how can I change the case in LibreOffice Writer Sir?
ReplyDeletewhat kind of case ms micah?
Deletehello sir, I'm not familiar with the Libre office suite, but for me they are both useful and reliable, its just depend on the user on what they prefer to use.
ReplyDeletethank you angel, then i hope you start using ubuntu now :D
DeleteSir what are the things in MS Office you can't do in LibreOffice?
ReplyDeletesaving videos like in ms powerpoint, impress can't save video presentation :)
Deletehi sir, I would like to ask if virus invade the PC, is libre office will be damage too?just like ILOVEYOU virus invading the ms office.
ReplyDeleteofcourse not, because i love you virus is written for windows os only.
DeleteSir, is it true that Impress can answer algebraic problems/math problems? Does it function like Microsoft Office?
ReplyDeletelibreoffice MAth can answer your math problems, but not the impress, impress can make presentations.
DeleteHi sir. If ive installed Ubuntu OS on my PC, does LibreOffice also been installed? Or do i need to go and download it? Thank you
ReplyDeleteSHS - SECTION B
no, when you installed ubuntu in your pc, the libreoffice is already there :)
DeleteWhat is the similarities of MSoffice and LibreOffice? Can we use them both ? Thank You
ReplyDeletei already answer your question on my another page.
DeleteWhat is the similarities of MSoffice and LibreOffice? Can we use them both ? Thank You
ReplyDeletei already answer your question on my another page.
DeleteSir which is easy to use, Microsoft Office or Libre Office? I am not so familiar about Libre pffice but I tried using that. But if I were to choose between the two, I'd choose Microsoft office.
ReplyDeletethey are both easy to use, but it is up to you, whether what are you going to use :)
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ReplyDeletesection B . Grade 11
sr. lester ..thank you for this topic I learned more about ms office but what is the differences of ms office to libre office ..and what is their special characteristics ? hehe :)
they have no special characteristics, but they have a ability to do what kind of task you want to deal with them :)
DeleteWhy the MS word was known and used by majority of people than Libreoffice?
ReplyDelete-Klark Ivan Yumang STEM B
because ms office is more popular than libreoffice!
DeleteHow do i make a keyboard shortcut for special characters?
ReplyDeletei think your out of my topic! but you can read it more here :) http://tools.oratory.com/altcodes.html
DeleteLibre Office is very essential. This application programs can provide same output as the MS Office can give. Either MS office or Libre Office can make your desired output much better which depends on your own satisfaction.
ReplyDeletethank you mark edriel for your message. i hope you share the goodness of usign ubuntu to your friends and relatives. god bless!
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