Office and ProductivityCopyright © 2011, 2012 Canonical Ltd. and members of the Ubuntu™ Documentation Project
This document contains information on the installed and available office applications for Kubuntu™.
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The default office application in Kubuntu™ is LibreOffice. It includes Calc, Draw, Impress, Math, and Writer. This suite is the open source equivalent of the Microsoft™ Office suite, and each application corresponds to a similar product in that line. Calc is similar to Excel, Writer is like Word, Impress is similar to PowerPoint, Base and Access have similar functions. LibreOffice applications work well with the files created by their Microsoft™ counterparts, with the exception of Microsoft™ Access files.
All of these applications (except for Base) are installed by default. Kubuntu™ has renamed the titles listed in the Kickoff Application Launcher (K menu) to reflect how the applications are used. For more information, visit the LibreOffice suite at LibreOffice.
LibreOffice Impress (Presentation) can be used to create presentations. Most PowerPoint files can be opened flawlessly in Impress. LibreOffice Impress can be launched by going to → → → .
LibreOffice Calc (Spreadsheets) is a full-featured spreadsheet program. Calc supports multiple spreadsheets, built-in functions, and can read and write most Microsoft™ Excel formats. LibreOffice Calc can be launched by going to → → → .
LibreOffice Writer (Word Processor) is a full-featured word processor that can create simple or complex documents. Writer can be launched by going to → → → .
LibreOffice Draw provides complex functionality to create drawings, diagrams, charts and other business graphics. The application is object-oriented and allows for layering of various panes of work. Draw can be launched from within any other LibreOffice application, by going to → → → , or by pressing Alt+F2 and typing
lodrawand pressing the button.