Quote Originally Posted by Neverna
^ But you have to be online to use it, don't you?
Nope...
https://support.google.com/docs/answ...DDesktop&hl=en

Quote Originally Posted by BigRed
If you are into Object Linking and Embedding, using Powershell to render your data in Excel or Word etc., like the Excel PowerPivot and table definitions, sharing and collaborating on documents then stick to MS.
You can link and automate using a variety of methods in Libreoffice although you will have to download your preference. Python would be my recommendation.