LibreOffice Calc
Developer(s) | The Document Foundation |
---|---|
Stable release | |
Operating system | Linux, macOS, Windows[3] and FreeBSD[4] and via ecosystem partners: Android, iOS, iPadOS, ChromeOS and Online. |
Type | Spreadsheet |
License | MPLv2.0 (secondary license GPL, LGPLv3+ or Apache License 2.0)[5] |
Website | www |
LibreOffice Calc is the spreadsheet component of the LibreOffice software package.[6][7]
After forking from OpenOffice.org in 2010, LibreOffice Calc underwent a massive re-work of external reference handling to fix many defects in formula calculations involving external references, and to boost data caching performance, especially when referencing large data ranges.[8]
Calc is capable of opening and saving most spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel file format.[6] Calc is also capable of saving spreadsheets as PDF files.[6]
As with the entire LibreOffice suite, Calc is available for a variety of platforms, including Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows,[3] and FreeBSD.[4] Available under the Mozilla Public License, Calc is free and open-source software.[9] There are community builds for many other platforms. Ecosystem partner Collabora uses LibreOffice upstream code and provides apps for Android, iOS, iPadOS and ChromeOS.[10][11] LibreOffice Online is an online office suite which includes the applications Writer, Calc and Impress and provides an upstream for projects such as commercial Collabora Online.
There is now a closed beta of LibreOffice on AmigaOS 4.1.[12]
Features
[edit]Capabilities of Calc include:
- Ability to read/write OpenDocument (ODF), Microsoft Excel (XLSX), CSV,[13] and several other formats.[14][15]
- Support for many functions, including those for imaginary numbers, as well as financial and statistical functions.[16][17]
- Supports 1,048,576 rows and 16384 columns in a spreadsheet, making LibreOffice spreadsheets more suitable for heavier scientific or financial spreadsheets.[18] Version 7.0 introduced "very large spreadsheets" which can be enabled as an experimental feature.[19] Version 7.4 made very large spreadsheets default.[20]
- Up to now, new functions such as IFS, Switch TEXT JOIN, MAXIFS, MINIFS functions, etc. were available only in Excel 2016 and later. LibreOffice Calc can use them.
Pivot Table
[edit]Originally called DataPilot,[8] Pivot Table provides similar functionality to the Pivot table found in Microsoft Excel. It is used for interactive table layout and dynamic data analysis.[21]
An advanced sort macro is included that allows data to be arranged or categorised based on either a user generated macro or one of several default included macros.[18]
Supported file formats
[edit]File format | Extension | Read/Write | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Apple Numbers | NUMBERS | From 5.0 | |
Comma-separated values | CSV | Yes | |
Data Interchange Format | DIF | Yes | |
DBase, Clipper, VP-Info, | DBF | Yes | |
Gnumeric | GNM, GNUMERIC | From 5.1, cannot write | |
Lotus 1-2-3 | 123, WKS, WKS1, WK2,
WK3, WK4 |
Yes | |
Microsoft Excel 4/5/95 | XLS, XLW, XLT | Yes, writing up to 3.6 | |
Microsoft Excel 97–2003 | XLS, XLW, XLT | Yes | |
Microsoft Excel 2007-2021 | XLSX, XLTX, XLSM,
XLTM |
Yes | |
Microsoft Excel 2003 XML | XML | Yes | |
Microsoft Excel Web
Query File |
IQY | From 5.4 | |
Microsoft Pocket Excel | PXL | Yes | Requires Java |
OpenDocument
(spreadsheet) |
ODS, FODS, OTS, | Yes | |
OpenOffice.org XML
(spreadsheet) |
SXC, STC | Yes | |
Quattro Pro 6.0 | WB2, WQ1, WQ2 | Yes | |
StarOffice StarCalc 3/4/5 | SDC, VOR | Dropped in 4.0 then
added back in 5.3, write up to 3.6 |
|
SYLK | SLK | Yes |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/
- ^ Italo Vignoli (27 September 2024). "LibreOffice 24.8.2 is available for download". Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ a b The Document Foundation (n.d.). "System Requirements". Retrieved 8 September 2011.
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: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ a b FreeBSD Handbook, 7.3.5 LibreOffice
- ^ "Licenses". The Document Foundation. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ a b c "Calc, the LibreOffice spreadsheet program". The Document Foundation. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
- ^ Petersen, Richard (2011). Ubuntu 11. 04 Desktop Handbook. Surfing Turtle Press. p. 170. ISBN 978-1-936280-28-5.
- ^ a b "3.4 New Features and Fixes". The Document Foundation. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
- ^ "Licenses". The Document Foundation. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "Collabora Office". Google Play. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Collabora Office". Apple App Store. 2023. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "New beta LibreOffice for AmigaOS 4.1". GenerationAmiga.com. 28 February 2017. Archived from the original on 2 December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ "Importing and Exporting CSV Files". LibreOffice Help. The Document Foundation. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
- ^ "About Import and Export Filters". LibreOffice Help. The Document Foundation. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
- ^ "The Document Foundation, LibreOffice and OOXML". The Document Foundation Wiki. The Document Foundation. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
- ^ "Financial Functions Part One". LibreOffice Help. The Document Foundation. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
- ^ "Add-in Functions, List of Analysis Functions Part Two". LibreOffice Help. The Document Foundation. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
- ^ a b "3.3 New Features and Fixes". LibreOffice. The Document Foundation. 2011. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
- ^ "50916 – Allow more than 1024 columns in calc". bugs.documentfoundation.org. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ "LibreOffice 7.4 Community: Release Notes - The Document Foundation Wiki". wiki.documentfoundation.org. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ "Pivot Table". LibreOffice Help. The Document Foundation. Retrieved 13 November 2011.