LibreOffice is an office suite from a German non-profit, “The Document Foundation”. The suite has application for word processing (Writer), spreadsheets (Calc), presentations (Impress), vector graphics (Draw), database management (Base) and formula editing (Math). LibreOffice mainly uses the OpenDocument format to store files, but can also read and write the file format from Microsoft Office.
European alternatives to Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office is an office suite from the US-American company Microsoft. It contains many applications like Word for text processing, Excel for spreadsheets and PowerPoint for presentations. The applications are available for desktop, mobile and online. With a Microsoft account, those applications can be used for document collaboration.
This category only lists office suits that have a desktop application and works offline. For online services see category document collaboration services.
This pages lists European Microsoft Office alternatives from companies based in a member state of the European Union (EU) or the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).
SoftMaker Office is an office suite from Germany offering a full-featured suite with a strong commitment to data protection. With SoftMaker Office, you can create and edit documents (TextMaker), spreadsheets (PlanMaker) and presentations (Presentations). SoftMaker Office works on Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android and is compatible with the Microsoft Office file formats. You can edit documents from SoftMaker Office directly and without conversion in Microsoft Office, and vice versa. This popular Office suite has been developed in Germany for over 30 years.
The new Ashampoo Office 9 comes with high quality text processor, spreadsheet, and presentation modules. This greatly compatible Office suite is a genuine alternative to Microsoft Office and supports its default document formats.
Calligra Suite is an open-source office and graphics suite developed by the KDE community and distributed under the GNU GPL and LGPL licences. This suite of applications focuses on providing tools for creating documents, presentations, graphics and more, combining productivity functions with design and graphic editing options. It currently only runs on Linux.