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I like AbiWord, but for some reason it keeps crashing on my Arch Linux system.

Between Libre Calc and Excel, I've always had to revert to Excel for its Pivot Table features. Libre Calc has thus far made a very weak stab at that for me.

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I've found that logging a bug on the AbiSource bug tracker results in fairly prompt attention and, in the case of the pdf export bug I walked into, a prompt fix.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/abiword/+bug/1262375/

http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13586

Thanks. I did like Abiword but for that problem - it's really lightweight and has the core functionality that I need. I'm presently using LaTeX/emacs for my documents.

I think Libre Calc has a pivot table feature though. Are you missing a feature within the pivot table options?

Yes, Calc does have pivot tables, but it is very limited. Even the number of levels (dimensions) that you can nest was inadequate the last time I checked.

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