For LibreOffice Writer files these file extensions are ODT, for Impress presentations it's ODP, and for spreadsheets in Calc it's ODS.

Calc, LibreOffice's equivalent to the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet application, has no fewer than 14 new functions with version 25.8. Since it's the part of LibreOffice I use the most, these ...

Open source office suite LibreOffice has overhauled its spreadsheet program, Calc, to try to make it better suited to the needs of enterprise users who handle big data sets.

For LibreOffice Impress, the presentation application, users can now insert 3D models in the gITF format. "To use this feature, go to Insert Object 3D Model," the LibreOffice 4.3 release notes say.

Calc, LibreOffice's answer to Excel, has also been improved. That said, if you have very complex Excel spreadsheets, I still can't recommend using Calc as a drop-in Excel replacement.

LibreOffice's development team is refactoring the core of Calc to take advantage of HSA in AMD's GPUs and APUs (accelerated processing units). LibreOffice's spreadsheet calculations have generally ...