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LibreOffice Calc
Developer(s)The Document Foundation
Stable release
Operating systemLinux, macOS, Microsoft Windows[3] and FreeBSD[4]
TypeSpreadsheet
LicenseMPLv2.0 (secondary license GPL, LGPLv3+ or Apache License 2.0)[5]
Websitewww.libreoffice.org/discover/calc/

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 is now a closed beta of LibreOffice on AmigaOS 4.1.[10]

Features

Capabilities of Calc include:

  • Ability to read/write OpenDocument (ODF), Excel (XLS), CSV,[11] and several other formats.[12][13]
  • Support for many functions, including those for imaginary numbers, as well as financial and statistical functions.[14][15]
  • Supports 1,048,576 rows and 16384 columns in a spreadsheet, making LibreOffice spreadsheets more suitable for heavier scientific or financial spreadsheets.[16] Version 7.0 introduced "very large spreadsheets" which can be enabled as an experimental feature.[17] Version 7.4 made very large spreadsheets default.[18]
  • 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

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.[19]

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.[16]

Supported file formats

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,

FoxPro

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

Release history

Calc has continued to diverge since the fork from its parent OpenOffice with new features being added and code cleanups taking place.[20]

Screenshot of Libre Office Calc in Linux (Ubuntu)

Versions for LibreOffice Calc include the following:

Year Released Version Comments
2011-06-16 3.3.3
  • More-familiar default key bindings.[21]
  • Toolbar icon for toggling sheet grids in Calc similar to Excel.[16]
  • Improved Excel interoperability.[16]
  • Documents drawn with the UNO api can be inserted in calc.[16]
  • New options for CSV (Comma-Separated Value) importation in Calc, allowing the import of custom delimited files common in engineering scenarios.
  • Support for 3 different formula syntaxes: Calc A1, Excel A1 and Excel R1C1.[16]
  • 1 million rows in a spreadsheet in Calc, making Calc more suitable for heavier scientific or financial spreadsheets.[16]
2011-06-03 3.4.0
  • Re-work of the drawing layer, to improve precision on re-positioning and re-sizing of drawing objects.[8]
  • Support for unlimited number of fields: Previously DataPilot only supported up to 8 column/row/data fields and up to 10 page fields. 3.4 has lifted this restriction to allow unlimited number of fields in each field type.[8]
  • Previously, Calc only supported named ranges in global scope, that is, all named ranges were made available for the entire document regardless of the current sheet. In 3.4 Calc now supports named ranges that are local to a sheet. The named range dialog (Insert->Names->Define) has been modified to reflect this change.[8]
  • Now preserves OLE links to other Excel documents when importing an Excel document. OLE links get converted to external references upon import. *Previously, Calc ignored OLE links and cells containing OLE links resulted in error upon import.[8]
  • Multiple subtotals on a single sheet: It is now possible to define more than one subtotal range in a single sheet via Data->Subtotals. Previously, setting a second subtotal range removed the first one if they were on the same sheet.[8]
2012-02-15 3.5.0[22]
  • support for up to 10,000 sheets[22]
  • a new multi-line input area[22]
  • new Calc functions conforming to the ODF OpenFormula specifications[22]
  • better performance when importing files from other office suites[22]
  • multiple selections in autofilter[22]
  • unlimited number of rules for conditional formatting[22][23]
2012-08-08 3.6.0
  • Improved OOXML and ODF1.2 support[24]
  • Improved CSV file import[24]
  • Added a "Save cell formulas instead of calculated values" option to CSV export[24]
  • New spreadsheet functions[24]
  • GUI improvements[24]
  • Remove the limitation to 3 sort entries in calc[24]
  • Improved performance[24]
2013-02-07 4.0.0
  • Improved performance[25]
  • Increased size limit on (uncompressed) ODF documents[25]
  • Easier XML import[25]
  • Improved conditional formats[25]
  • initial support for the file format of gnumeric[25]
  • New spreadsheet functions[25]
2013-07-25 4.1.0
  • Embedding fonts in a Calc spreadsheet[26]
  • Add a Stepped Lines line type to Line and XY (Scatter) graphs[26]
  • Count the number of selected cells[26]
  • Import large HTML documents with more than 64k table cells[26]
  • New spreadsheet functions[26]
  • Improved hyphenation[26]
2014-01-30 4.2.0
  • New spreadsheet functions[27]
  • Random number generation (non-dynamic)[27]
  • Statistics toolkit[27]
  • Other features: Redesign of data structures and Calc core to use OpenCL, threading and dynamic data storage
2014-07-30 4.3.0
  • Smarter highlighting of cell in formula[28]
  • Number of selected rows and columns shown in the status bar[28]
  • Allow starting of cell edit with the content of the cell above it as its initial content.[28]
  • User selectable text conversion models.[28]
  • Pivot Table layout improvement.[28]
  • Add 34 new spreadsheet functions.[28]
  • Enable CoinMP solver for additional options to previously enabled LpSolve.[28]
  • Added three Statistics Wizard options.[28]
  • Additional functionality to random number generator.[28]
2015-01-29 4.4.0
  • Added three Statistics Wizard options.[29]
  • Add direct conversion of formulas to static values.[29]
  • Add one new spreadsheet function.[29]
  • Toolbar improvements[29]
  • Add sheet context menu.[29]
2015-08-05 5.0.0
  • Added optional ability to repeat pivot table item labels.[30]
  • Added additional conditional formatting options.[30]
  • Improvements to XLSX import and export.[30]
  • Additional engineering notation options[30]
  • Improvements to table structured references.[30]
  • New spreadsheet functions and improvements to function import and export.[30]
  • Added capabilities in references of entire column/row (A:A / 1:1).[30]
  • Added ability to crop, change, and save an image.[30]
  • Toolbar improvements.[30]
2018-01-30 6.0.0
  • Added ability to export images from a range selection or selected group of shapes.[31]
  • Added pasting unformatted text command.[31]
  • Added new command to select unprotected cells on protected or unprotected sheet.[31]
  • Fixes for pivot table interop.[31]
  • New spreadsheet functions.[31]
2020-08-05 7.0.0
  • Performance improvements.[32]
  • New spreadsheet functions.[32]
  • Changed spreadsheet functions.[32]

See also

References

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  17. ^ "50916 – Allow more than 1024 columns in calc". bugs.documentfoundation.org. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  18. ^ "LibreOffice 7.4 Community: Release Notes - The Document Foundation Wiki". wiki.documentfoundation.org. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
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  20. ^ Noyes, Katherine (3 June 2011). "Despite Oracle's Antics, LibreOffice Gets a Big Update". PC World. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
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  29. ^ a b c d e "LibreOffice 4.4: Release Notes | Calc". The Document Foundation Wiki. The Document Foundation. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  30. ^ a b c d e f g h i "LibreOffice 5.0: Release Notes | Calc". The Document Foundation Wiki. The Document Foundation. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  31. ^ a b c d e "LibreOffice 6.0: Release Notes | Calc". The Document Foundation Wiki. Retrieved 2021-12-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  32. ^ a b c "LibreOffice 7.0: Release Notes | Calc". The Document Foundation Wiki. Retrieved 2021-12-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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