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<h1>Comparison of Spreadsheet Programs</h1>
<p>Microsoft Excel is the king of spreadsheet programs. It is ubiquitous in many office jobs and 99% of finance or accounting departments are completely dependent on it.</p> <a href="https://xkcd.com/2347/" target="_blank"><img src="pics/excel-xkcd.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; max-height: 250 px;"/></a>
<p style="font-size: small; text-align: center;">I have been informed that actually LibreOffice can have a better backwards compatibility with Excel 2003 compared to Excel 365. Sorry!</p>
<p>Personally, I use it daily in my job and have become quite fond of it; Excel now is my <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_instrument" target="_blank">golden hammer</a>, a tool that I like to use for any task it might be remotely suitable for. I run Linux on my private computer and the lack of Excel has been annoying: complex Excel files won't calculate or display correctly in alternative apps and I don't like to re-learn the workflows and keyboard shortcuts (only noobs use the mouse). While it is kind of possible to <a href="https://gist.github.com/eylenburg/38e5da371b7fedc0662198efc66be57b" target="_blank">run Excel in Linux</a> it is not straight-forward and most people recommend alternatives like LibreOffice or OnlyOffice instead. So I set out to compare these in detail, with the overall question: <strong>"Can this program replace Excel? Do we actually <em>need</em> Excel on Linux?"</strong></p>
<p>By the way, I have been working on a way to install Microsoft Office on Linux with a simple, automatic setup script: <strong><a href="https://github.com/eylenburg/linoffice/" target="_blank">LinOffice - Microsoft Office launcher for Linux</a></strong>.</p>
<p>I had a closer look at these applications:</p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Microsoft Office/Excel</span>, the defining spreadsheet program that powers the world, even though it shouldn't</li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">LibreOffice</span>, the most popular free and open source (FOSS) alternative, preinstalled on many Linux distributions; a fork of the dormant OpenOffice and successor of the commercial StarOffice with its roots going back to 1985</li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">CollaboraOffice</span> is a commercial product based on LibreOffice, with a different, ribbon-based UI. As it is mostly the same as LibreOffice, I have not looked at it separately. It is expected to have the same built-in functions, the same features, the same Excel compatibility etc.</li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">OnlyOffice</span>, a newer FOSS contender with an Excel-like ribbon interface, first released in 2014</li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Softmaker Office</span>, a proprietary office suite from Germany that has been developed since 1987 and is available in free and paid versions</li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">WPS Office</span>, a proprietary office suite from China going back to 1988</li>
</ul>
<p>I limited this comparison to the best-known Excel alternatives and also excluded all those that are not sufficiently cross-platform (Windows, macOS, Linux). See <a href="#appendix">the appendix</a> for a list of more spreadsheet software and the platforms on which they run. For example, not included in the comparison are:</p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Apache OpenOffice</span>, as its development has become quite dormant and LibreOffice is a more modern and feature-rich fork</li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Calligra Sheets</span>, a KDE app initially release in 2000 as part of KOffice but currently only available for Linux and Unix</li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gnumeric</span>, a GNOME app dating back to 2001 that is currently only available for Linux and Unix</li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ability Office</span>, an office suite developed since 1996 but which is available for Windows</li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Quattro Pro</span>, initially released in 1988 and now part of WordPerfect Office, which is only available for Windows</li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Apple Numbers</span>, part of the iWork office suite (initial release 2004) which is only available for MacOS and iOS</li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Google Sheets</span>, as it's only available in the browser or as a mobile app</li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Zoho Sheet</span>, as it's only available in the browser or as a mobile app</li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hancom Office</span>, a Korean office suite that's quite unknown abroad and is not available for Linux</li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Polaris Office</span>, ditto</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="supporting/Testfile.xlsx">Here is a test spreadsheet created in Excel that I used to check the compatibility.</a></p>
<h2 class="center">Comparison of Spreadsheet Programs</h2>
<p class="center">Source: eylenburg.github.io</p>
<p class="center" style="color: red; font-size: small;">Last updated: 9 December 2025</p>
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<th>Microsoft Office<br />Excel 365</th>
<th>LibreOffice<br />Calc</th>
<th>OnlyOffice</th>
<th>Softmaker Office / FreeOffice<br />Planmaker</th>
<th>WPS Office<br />Spreadsheets</th>
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<td style="text-align: left;">Version tested</td>
<td>2510</td>
<td>25.8.3</td>
<td>9.2.0</td>
<td>2024 (rev F1218.0824)</td>
<td>11.1.0</th>
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<td style="vertical-align: middle;"><img src="pics/logos/excel/excel.svg" style="height: 100px; max-width: 190px;" /></td>
<td style="vertical-align: middle;"><img src="pics/logos/excel/libreoffice.svg" style="height: 100px; max-width: 190px;" /></td>
<td style="vertical-align: middle;"><img src="pics/logos/excel/onlyoffice.svg" style="height: 100px; max-width: 190px;" /></td>
<td style="vertical-align: middle;"><img src="pics/logos/excel/softmaker.png" style="height: 100px; max-width: 190px;" /></td>
<td style="vertical-align: middle;"><img src="pics/logos/excel/wps.png" style="height: 100px; max-width: 190px;" /></td>
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<tr><td class="semititle"><br /> </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
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<td>License</td>
<td class="red">Proprietary</td>
<td class="green">MPL</td>
<td class="green">AGPL</td>
<td class="red">Proprietary</td>
<td class="red">Proprietary</td>
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<td>Price</td>
<td class="red">Paid</td>
<td class="green">Free</td>
<td class="green">Free</td>
<td class="yellow">Free or paid (more features)</td>
<td class="yellow">Free or paid (more features)</td>
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<td>Works without registering for an account</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="yellow">Only Linux version</td>
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<td class="semititle"><br />Platforms</td><td colspan="5" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; font-size: small; vertical-align: bottom;">Some features may be limited to certain platforms, such as macros not working in the web or mobile versions.</td>
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<td>Windows</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>macOS</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Linux</td>
<td class="red">No <a href="https://gist.github.com/eylenburg/38e5da371b7fedc0662198efc66be57b" target="_blank">(workarounds)</a></td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
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<td>Unix</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Web version</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes (CollaboraOffice)</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
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<td>Mobile version</td>
<td class="lgreen">Yes (limited editing)</td>
<td class="lgreen">Yes (CollaboraOffice) (limited editing)</td>
<td class="lgreen">Yes (limited editing)</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="lgreen">Yes (limited editing)</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="semititle"><br />File formats</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>XLSX support</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ODS support</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="yellow">Opening but not saving</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>CSV import and export</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="semititle"><br />Functions</td><td colspan="5" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="supporting/Spreadsheet_functions.htm">CLICK HERE FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF FUNCTIONS IN ALL THESE APPLICATIONS</a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Total functions</td>
<td class="green">516</td>
<td class="green">516</td>
<td class="lgreen">482</td>
<td class="yellow">405</td>
<td class="yellow">377</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>No. of extra functions that are missing in Excel</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>56</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>32</td>
<td>10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>No. of missing Excel functions</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td class="lred">42</td>
<td class="lred">44</td>
<td class="red">141</td>
<td class="red">147</td>
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<td style="font-size: 70%;"><code>ACCRINT ACCRINTM AGGREGATE AMORDEGRC AMORLINC ARABIC ARRAYTOTEXT ASC BAHTTEXT BITAND BITLSHIFT BITOR BITRSHIFT BITXOR BYCOL BYROW CALL CEILING.MATH CEILING.PRECISE CHISQ.DIST CHISQ.INV CHOOSECOLS CHOOSEROWS COMBINA CONFIDENCE.T COUPDAYBS COUPDAYS COUPDAYSNC COUPNCD COUPNUM COUPPCD CSC CSCH CUBEKPIMEMBER CUBEMEMBER CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY CUBERANKEDMEMBER CUBESET CUBESETCOUNT CUBEVALUE DBCS DETECTLANGUAGE DISC DOLLAR DROP DURATION ECMA.CEILING ENCODEURL ERF.PRECISE ERFC.PRECISE EXPAND F.DIST F.INV FIELDVALUE FILTER FILTERXML FLOOR.MATH FLOOR.PRECISE FORECAST.ETS FORECAST.LINEAR GAMMALN.PRECISE GROUPBY HSTACK IMAGE IMCOSH IMCOT IMCSC IMCSCH IMSEC IMSECH IMSINH IMTAN INFO INTRATE ISO.CEILING ISOMITTED JIS LAMBDA LET MAKEARRAY MAP MDURATION MODE.MULT MUNIT NETWORKDAYS.INTL ODDFPRICE ODDFYIELD ODDLPRICE ODDLYIELD PDURATION PERMUTATIONA PHONETIC PIVOTBY PRICE PRICEDISC PRICEMAT PY RANDARRAY RECEIVED REDUCE REGEXEXTRACT REGEXREPLACE REGEXTEST REGISTER.ID RTD SCAN SEC SECH SEQUENCE SINGLE SKEW.P SORT SORTBY SQL.REQUEST STOCKHISTORY TAKE TBILLEQ TBILLPRICE TBILLYIELD TEXTAFTER TEXTBEFORE TEXTSPLIT TOCOL TOROW TRANSLATE TRIMRANGE UNICHAR UNICODE UNIQUE VALUETOTEXT VDB VSTACK WEBSERVICE WORKDAY.INTL WRAPCOLS WRAPROWS XLOOKUP XMATCH YEARFRAC YIELD</code></td>
<td style="font-size: 70%;"><code>ACOT ACOTH ARABIC ARRAYTOTEXT BASE BETA.DIST BETA.INV BYCOL BYROW CALL CEILING.MATH CEILING.PRECISE CHISQ.DIST.RT CHISQ.INV.RT CHISQ.TEST CHOOSECOLS CHOOSEROWS COMBINA CONFIDENCE.NORM CONFIDENCE.T COT COTH CSC CSCH CUBEKPIMEMBER CUBEMEMBER CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY CUBERANKEDMEMBER CUBESET CUBESETCOUNT CUBEVALUE DECIMAL DETECTLANGUAGE DROP ECMA.CEILING EFFECT ERF.PRECISE ERFC.PRECISE EUROCONVERT EVEN EXPAND EXPON.DIST F.DIST F.DIST.RT F.INV F.INV.RT F.TEST FILTERXML FLOOR.MATH FLOOR.PRECISE FORECAST.ETS FORECAST.LINEAR FVSCHEDULE GAMMA GAMMA.DIST GAMMA.INV GAUSS GROUPBY HSTACK HYPGEOM.DIST IMAGE IMCOSH IMCOT IMCSC IMCSCH IMSEC IMSECH IMSINH IMTAN INTRATE ISO.CEILING ISOMITTED ISOWEEKNUM JIS LAMBDA LET LOGNORM.DIST LOGNORM.INV MAKEARRAY MAP MODE.MULT MODE.SNGL MUNIT NEGBINOM.DIST NOMINAL ODDFPRICE ODDFYIELD ODDLPRICE ODDLYIELD PDURATION PERCENTILE.EXC PERCENTILE.INC PERCENTRANK.EXC PERCENTRANK.INC PERMUTATIONA PHI PIVOTBY POISSON.DIST PRICEDISC PY QUARTILE.EXC QUARTILE.INC RECEIVED REDUCE REGEXEXTRACT REGEXREPLACE REGEXTEST REGISTER.ID RRI SCAN SEC SECH SHEET SHEETS SINGLE SKEW.P SQL.REQUEST STDEV.P STDEVP STOCKHISTORY SUMXMY2 T.DIST T.DIST.2T T.DIST.RT T.INV T.INV.2T T.TEST TAKE TBILLEQ TBILLPRICE TBILLYIELD TEXTAFTER TEXTBEFORE TEXTSPLIT TOCOL TOROW TRANSLATE TRIMRANGE VALUETOTEXT VSTACK WEBSERVICE WEIBULL.DIST WRAPCOLS WRAPROWS XMATCH YIELDDISC</code></td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="semititle"><br />Basic spreadsheet features</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Filter and sort data in columns</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>Create "tables"</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="lred tooltip">No, but Excel tables are displayed<span class="tooltiptext">LibreOffice Calc does not have a direct equivalent to Excel’s “tables” feature, which includes functionalities like automatic formatting, structured references, and dynamic range expansion. However, you can achieve similar results using a combination of named ranges, autofilters, and autoformat styles. When you open an Excel file containing tables in Calc, the tables will be imported and displayed with basic functionality like sorting and filtering, but table formatting will be lost and some table features like structured references are not fully supported.</span></td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes <span style="color: red;" class="tooltip">(paid version only)<span class="tooltiptext">The free version can still display tables created in Excel but not create new ones</span></span></td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>Pivot tables</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>Data validation for cells</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>Set print areas</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>Hide and group rows and columns</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>Hide and unhide sheets</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>Comments (simple "notes" and threaded "comments")</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="yellow">Threaded will be converted to notes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="yellow">Threaded will be converted to notes</td>
<td class="yellow">Threaded will be converted to notes</td>
</tr>
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<td>Freeze panes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>Format cells as text when started with <code>'</code></td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>Name manager</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>Hyperlinks in cells</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>Link to other spreadsheet files</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="lgreen">Yes, via Copy → Paste Link<a href="https://helpcenter.onlyoffice.com/ONLYOFFICE-Editors/ONLYOFFICE-Spreadsheet-Editor/UsageInstructions/AddExternalLinks.aspx" target="_blank">*</a></td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>Check, update and edit external links</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>Merge cells</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>Split text into multiple columns</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="yellow">Only by delimiter, not by fixed width</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td class="tooltip">Apply formulas on multiple adjacent sheets<span class="tooltiptext">e.g. `=SUM(Sheet1:Sheet4!A1)` to sum cell A1 from these sheets</span></td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="semititle"><br />Basic calculation features</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Data tables (in What-if Analysis)</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes ("Multiple Operations")</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
</tr>
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<td>Goalseek</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="yellow">Yes, but target must be an integer</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>Can enable iterative calculation</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>Can disable automatic recalculation</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="semititle"><br />Formatting compatibility with Excel</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Border styles and colours</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Two-colour fill for cell backgrounds</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="yellow">Not all styles (e.g. no fill from centre)</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Pattern fill for cell backgrounds</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="yellow">Fewer patterns supported</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Conditional formatting</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Apply colour scales or insert data bars</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left; font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;">Text formatting:</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Rich text, including partial formatting in a cell</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>Superscript and subscript</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>Indentation</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>Center across selection (without merging cells)</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>Accounting underline</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>Wrap text</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>Vertical and rotated text</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left; font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;">Number formatting:</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="tooltip"><code>#,##0_);[red](#,##0);-_)</code><span class="tooltiptext">For financial numbers: format with thousands separator, negative numbers in brackets and in red, hyphen for zero values, gap the size of a closing bracket for non-negative numbers to align all numbers on the right</span></td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
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<td class="tooltip"><code>$0.0,,"m"_);[red]($0.0,,"m");-_)</code><span class="tooltiptext">Same as above, but shown number in millions of dollars with one decimal digit, e.g. 1500000 will be shown as $1.5m</span></td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red tooltip">Doesn't display correctly<span class="tooltiptext">Displayed as $1,500,000m instead of $1.5m</span></td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td class="tooltip"><code>[=1]"Yes";"No"</code><span class="tooltiptext">Display value 1 as "Yes" and everything else as "No"</span></td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red tooltip">Doesn't display correctly<span class="tooltiptext">1 = Yes is displayed, but need to define number format as <code>[=1]"Yes";"No";"No"</code> for the No to appear correctly</span></td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tooltip"><code>;;;</code><span class="tooltiptext">number is not displayed at all</span></td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td class="tooltip">Date formatting, e.g. <code>dddd</code>, <code>dd mmm yyyy</code>, <code>yyyy-mm-dd</code><span class="tooltiptext">displayed as e.g. "Monday", "31 Dec 2024", "2024-12-31"</span></td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="semititle"><br />Object features and compatibility</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Insert shapes, arrows, textboxes, and images</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tooltip">Place images in cell<span class="tooltiptext">This means the picture will move with the cell when rows are cut and pasted, and it will automatically resize to fit the new dimensions of the cell when the row height or column width is changed. This behaviour is distinct from floating pictures, which are not tied to cell dimensions and may not move or resize with the grid.</span></td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="yellow tooltip">Still floating, but resizing with cells<span class="tooltiptext">You can select "Move and size with cells" in the "advanced image settings" (right-click on image), but the picture will only adjust its size when column width or row height are changed or if new rows/columns are inserted or rows/columns covered by the image are removed. However, the image still remains "floating" across one or multiple cells rather than being truly embedded into a cell, e.g. the image doesn't move with the cell when cells are cut/copied and pasted</span></td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="green tooltip">Yes<span class="tooltiptext">"Embed to cell" feature</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>SmartArt</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="lred">Can't be edited</td>
<td class="yellow tooltip">Limited editing<span class="tooltiptext">Existing text can be edited as a textbox, but there is no SmartArt input dialogue like in Excel and e.g. the number of bullet points cannot be changed</span></td>
<td class="red">Displayed with errors and can't be edited</td>
<td class="lred">Can't be edited</td>
</tr>
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<td>Mathematical formulas</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="lred tooltip">Yes, but Excel formulas not displayed<span class="tooltiptext">Characters in mathematical formulas created in Excel as displayed as <code>[?]</code></td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="lred">Excel formulas can't be edited</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Group multiple objects</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Align and distribute objects</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="yellow">Align only, not distribute</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>Save objects as picture</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="yellow">Only charts, not shapes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="yellow">Only charts, not shapes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td class="tooltip">Apply effects on objects<span class="tooltiptext">such a shadow, reflection, glow, soft edges, 3D format, and 3D rotation</span></td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="lred">No, only very basic shadows</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left; font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;">Line formatting (for shapes, arrows, textboxes & charts):</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Basic options (colour, width, dash type, arrow type)</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gradient colour and transparency</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Compound style</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
<td>Sketched style</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left; font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;">Fill formatting (for shapes, textboxes & charts):</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Colour, including gradient fill and transparency</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Pattern, picture or texture fill</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left; font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;">Image effects:</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Brightness, contrast, recolour, saturation, sharpness, ...</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="yellow">Partially supported</td>
<td class="yellow">Partially supported</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Transparency</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Set transparent colour</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="lred">Displayed with errors</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>Apply object effects and picture styles</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="lred">Displayed with errors</td>
<td class="lred">Displayed with errors</td>
<td class="lred">Displayed with errors</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="semititle"><br />Chart types</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Line charts and area charts (normal/stacked/100%)</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bar and column charts (clustered or stacked)</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Clustered AND stacked bar/column charts</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
<td class="red">No</td>
</tr>
<td>Pie charts (incl. doughnut and pie of pie)</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Scatterplots (XY)</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
</tr>
<td>Bubble charts</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">Bubble size is ignored</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
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<td>Radar charts</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
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<td>Surface charts</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">Shown as column chart</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">Shown as column chart</td>
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<td>Treemap and sunburst charts</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">No (error notice shown instead)</td>
<td class="red">No (doesn't display at all)</td>
<td class="red">No (error notice shown instead)</td>
<td class="red">No (error notice shown instead)</td>
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<td>Others: histogram, funnel, waterfall, stock, box & whisker</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">No (error notice shown instead)</td>
<td class="lred tooltip">Partially supported, with errors<span class="tooltiptext">Waterfall and funnel display with formatting errors, Histogram appears but without content, others doesn't display at all and without any error notice</span></td>
<td class="red">No (error notice shown instead)</td>
<td class="red">No (error notice shown instead)</td>
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<td>Treemap charts</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">No (error notice shown instead)</td>
<td class="red">No (doesn't display at all)</td>
<td class="red">No (error notice shown instead)</td>
<td class="red">No (error notice shown instead)</td>
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<td>Sunburst charts</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">No (error notice shown instead)</td>
<td class="red">No (doesn't display at all)</td>
<td class="red">No (error notice shown instead)</td>
<td class="red">No (error notice shown instead)</td>
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<td>Histograms</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">No (error notice shown instead)</td>
<td class="red">No (doesn't display at all)</td>
<td class="red">No (error notice shown instead)</td>
<td class="red">No (error notice shown instead)</td>
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<td>Funnel charts</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">No (error notice shown instead)</td>
<td class="red">No (doesn't display at all)</td>
<td class="red">No (error notice shown instead)</td>
<td class="red">No (error notice shown instead)</td>
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<td>Waterfall charts</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">No (error notice shown instead)</td>
<td class="red">No (doesn't display at all)</td>
<td class="red">No (error notice shown instead)</td>
<td class="red">No (error notice shown instead)</td>
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<td>Stock charts</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">No (error notice shown instead)</td>
<td class="red">No (doesn't display at all)</td>
<td class="red">No (error notice shown instead)</td>
<td class="red">No (error notice shown instead)</td>
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<td>Box & whisker charts</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">No (error notice shown instead)</td>
<td class="red">No (doesn't display at all)</td>
<td class="red">No (error notice shown instead)</td>
<td class="red">No (error notice shown instead)</td>
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<td>Maps</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">No (error notice shown instead)</td>
<td class="red">No (doesn't display at all)</td>
<td class="red">No (error notice shown instead)</td>
<td class="red">No (error notice shown instead)</td>
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<td>Sparklines</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="red">No (doesn't display at all)</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
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<td>Combination of different chart types</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
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<td>Secondary y-axis</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
<td class="green">Yes</td>
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