back to list

LibreOffice Impress [on the Web]

Free open-source programme as an alternative to PowerPoint

LibreOffice is a free alternative to the Microsoft Office suite. The open-source programmes it contains are suitable for word processing, spreadsheets, or creating presentations, similar to Word, Excel, or PowerPoint.

LibreOffice Impress

is suitable for creating and editing presentations and is therefore a free open-source alternative to PowerPoint.

  • LibreOffice Base: Create and manage databases; create queries and reports
  • LibreOffice Calc (similar to Excel): Spreadsheets; perform calculations; manage lists in spreadsheet documents
  • LibreOffice Draw: Create and edit drawings; create 3D graphics and database files; import into “LibreOffice Impress” and “LibreOffice Writer”
  • LibreOffice Math: Formula tool; correct display of complex formulas; representation of mathematical equations
  • LibreOffice Writer (similar to Word): Create and edit text and images in letters, reports, documents, and web pages

Getting to know LibreOffice

Recommended external content

We have selected external content from YouTube for you and would like to show it to you right here. To do this, you must reveal it with one click. You can hide the external content at any time with another click.

I agree to external content from YouTube being shown to me. This may result in personal data being transmitted to third-party platforms. You can find more information in our Privacy Policy.

Source: https://youtu.be/3KC0ZdcA6s8

LibreOffice is suitable for creating OER materials, as no paid software product (such as Microsoft Office) is required for reuse and editing.
More information on Open Educational Resources (OER)

LibreOffice and Microsoft Office are largely compatible with each other. This means that most files can be opened and edited in either software package.

To use the LibreOffice suite, you need to download the free software from the homepage and install it locally on a computer. The software is available in both English and German versions.

LibreOffice is a further development of OpenOffice and is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.

This tool is intended as a suggestion to help facilitate digital workflows in teaching and learning. It is freely available on the web and can be used free of charge, at least in its basic version. As it is not centrally provided by TU Darmstadt, we would like to point out that users are responsible for independently reviewing the tool in terms of data protection compliance. Please refer to our guidance for evaluating digital tools with regard to data protection.

If in doubt, please contact the colleagues in the data protection department.