The Pi as a Productivity Machine - Raspberry Pi User Guide - page 130

When installed, LibreOffice will appear as a series of entries in the Applications Menu in the
Pi's desktop environment. These entries are as follows:
❍ LibreOffice, —he main application, which provides links to the individual sections of
the suite
❍ LibreOffice Calc —he spreadsheet application, equivalent to Microsoft Excel
❍ LibreOffice Draw —A vector illustration application, designed for drawing high-
quality scalable images for use as clipart in other LibreOffice programs
❍ LibreOffice Impress —he presentation application, equivalent to Microsoft PowerPoint
❍ LibreOffice Math —A small yet powerful package designed to make it easy to create and
edit scientific formulae and equations for embedding in other LibreOffice programs
❍ LibreOffice Writer— he word processor application, equivalent to Microsoft Word
(see Figure 9-2)
Figure 9-2:
LibreOffice,
Writer running
on the
Raspberry Pi
By default, LibreOffice saves and loads files in a format known as the Open Document Format
(ODF) . This is a standards-based, royalty-free file format supported by the majority of office
suite packages—including newer versions of Microsoft Office.
When saving a file in LibreOffice, you can change the format using a drop-down menu in the
Save As dialogue. Under File Type, you can select a variety of formats, including several that are
fully compatible with older versions of Microsoft Office. When you're sharing files created on