LibreOffice is a full-featured office productivity suite that provides a near drop-in replacement for Microsoft's
office suite and is compatible with Google's online office suite. Like many office suites, LibreOffice includes several
applications, but unlike other suites, it contains applications like Base and Math, as a basic part of the suite. LibreOffice is also truly
full-featured, unlike the online versions of
office productivity apps that provide only the basic functions most people use. Basic capabilities are fine
until you need to use one of those "advanced" features. Then you'll be looking for
something with all the features. The Document Foundation (the organization behind LibreOffice) maintains an excellent set of
documentation online for LibreOffice at the LibreOffice website.
LibreOffice Writer. Writer, the word processor. - Compare with Microsoft Word and Google Documents.
LibreOffice Calc. Calc, the spreadsheet application. - Compare with Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets.
LibreOffice Impress. Impress, the presentation engine. - Compare with Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides.
LibreOffice Draw. Draw, the drawing and flowcharting application. - Compare with Microsoft Visio and with inserting a drawing into a Google document.
LibreOffice Base. Base, the database and database frontend. - Compare with Microsoft Access.
LibreOffice Math. Math, for editing mathematics. - Compare with Microsoft Equation Editor and the Auto-Latex Google Docs add-on.