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It's compatible with Microsoft Office (365) and is backed by a non-profit organisation, The Document Foundation. LibreOffice includes Writer (word processing), Calc (spreadsheets), Impress (presentations), Draw (vector graphics and flowcharts), Base (databases), and Math (formula editing).</p><hr><h2>Great-looking, well-structured documents</h2><p>Your documents will look professional and clean, regardless of their purpose: a letter, a master thesis, a brochure, financial reports, marketing presentations, technical drawings and diagrams. LibreOffice makes your work look great while you focus on the content, thanks to its powerful styles system and structuring tools.</p><hr><h2>Use documents of all kinds</h2><p>LibreOffice is compatible with a wide range of document formats such as Microsoft® Word (.doc, .docx), Excel (.xls, .xlsx), PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx) and Publisher. But LibreOffice goes much further with its native support for a modern and open standard, the Open Document Format (ODF). With LibreOffice, you have maximum control over your data and content – and you can export your work in many different formats including PDF.</p><p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" src="assets/Uploads/Discover/LO52-Screenshots/lo52-writer-01.png" alt="" width="500"></p><hr><h2>Get more features with extensions</h2><p>Beyond the many features shipped by default, LibreOffice is easily extensible through its powerful extensions mechanisms. Get even more <a href="https://extensions.libreoffice.org">features</a> and document <a href="https://templates.libreoffice.org">templates</a> on our dedicated websites.</p><hr><h2>Free as in Freedom, now and forever</h2><p>LibreOffice is Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), available for everyone to use, share and modify, and produced by a worldwide community of hundreds of developers. 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Also, LibreOffice uses libraries from the <a href="https://www.documentliberation.org">Document Liberation Project</a>, handing control back to content creators.</span></p><p><a href="https://www.documentliberation.org"><span><img class="center" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" src="assets/Uploads/dlp/images/dlp-button.png" alt="dlp-button.png"></span></a></p><hr><h2>LibreOffice for your business</h2><p>You can download and use LibreOffice for free, but bear in mind that it doesn't include technical support or other value-added services. 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