LibreOffice Base is a free and open-source database development and administration tool for relational database management systems that is part of the LibreOffice office suite. Base includes software wizards to assist users with various aspects of the program. LibreOffice Base requires Java in order to create databases with forms, wizards, and more. This useful functionality has long been a part of LibreOffice’s functionality.
As of LibreOffice Base version 7.4.3, the following external database or datasource are supported:
JDBC
Oracle JDBC
Groupwise
Evolution LDAP
Evolution Local
Spreadsheet
dBASE
Firebird External
Text
MySQL/mariaDB
ODBC
Writer Document
Apart from the usual office functionality, LibreOffice also has excellent draw and charting functionality, called LibreOffice Draw.
Many forget that LibreOffice is not just an equivalent free and open source version of Microsoft Office. It has fully featured draw, chart, and database functionality that you do not find in MS Office and of course its fully compatible with the internationally open document format.See What is LibreOffice? |…
LibreOffice 'Getting Started Guide 6.0' released in PDF, ODT and EPUB formatsCovering spreadsheets, presentations, texts, drawings, databases and the equations editor, as well as other important concepts in LibreOffice, the guide updates the previous book for LibreOffice 5.2 with the features implemented up to the 6.0 release. As it’s an…
LibreOffice is a free and open-source office productivity suite that provides you a complete collection of applications. It consists of a Word processor (Writer), a spreadsheet program (Calc), Presentation (Impress), and a drawing program (Draw). It also gives you a stand-alone database system LibreOffice Base while LibreOffice Math is a…
