

This is a vector graphics drawing tool that can produce everything from simple diagrams or flowcharts to 3D artwork.Īs suggested by the title, this book is dedicated to LibreOffice Draw the vector drawing tool. This is a formula or equation editor which can be used to create complex equations that include symbols or characters not available in standard font sets. It can also use PostgreSQL, dBASE, Microsoft Access, MySQL, Oracle, or any ODBC compliant or JDBC compliant database. Base incorporates two relational database engines, HSQLDB and Firebird. It can create and edit forms, reports, queries, tables, views, and relations, so that managing a relational database is much the same as in other popular database applications. This is a database engine andc provides tools for day-to-day database work within a simple interface.

Impress can open, edit, and save Microsoft PowerPoint presentations and can also save your work in numerous graphics formats. This is for presentations and provides all the common multimedia presentation tools, such as special effects, animation, and drawing tools. Calc can also export spreadsheets in several formats, including for example comma separated value (CSV), AdobePDF and HTML formats. You can also open and work with Microsoft Excel workbooks and save them in Excel format. This is a spreadsheet and has all of the advanced analysis, charting, and decision making features expected from a high-end spreadsheet. Writer can export files to HTML, XHTML, XML, Portable Document Format (PDF), and EPUB and it can save files in many formats, including several versions of Microsoft Word files. This is a word processor, a feature-rich tool for creating letters, books, reports, newsletters, brochures, and other documents.

The table below briefly summarises the key functionality of each module. The business applications consist of six modules namely Writer, Calc, Impress, Base, Maths and Draw. LibreOffice is a compendium of business applications that are targeted at solving key productivity challenges within an organization. LibreOffice is a freely available open source office productivity suite that is compatible with other major office suites (for example Microsoft Office Suite) and is available on a variety of platforms.
