ADDRESS

Supported, behaves as documented

Category: Lookup and reference · Last tested 2026-08-06

Real, executed compatibility results for the ADDRESS function across Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, and LibreOffice Calc — verified by actually running it. Syntax and links to each vendor’s official documentation are below.

Support matrix

Engine	Documented	Live-tested	Verdict
Excel	Yes	Not yet	n/a
Google Sheets	Yes	Not yet	n/a
LibreOffice Calc	Yes	Yes (25.8.7.3, 2026-08-06)	Supported, behaves as documented

LibreOffice version history

We executed the same test cases under each LibreOffice release to show exactly when ADDRESS’s support changed — not documentation claims, real results.

LibreOffice version	Verdict	Tested
24.2.0.3	Supported, behaves as documented	2026-07-19
24.8.7.2	Supported, behaves as documented	2026-07-19
25.2.0.3	Supported, behaves as documented	2026-07-24
25.8.7.3	Supported, behaves as documented	2026-08-06

Executed test cases

LibreOffice Calc 25.8.7.3 (tested 2026-08-06)

Formula	Description	Result	Expected	Verdict
=ADDRESS(2,3)	abs_num omitted defaults to 1 (fully absolute)	$C$2	$C$2 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/address-function-d0c26c0d-3991-446b-8de4-ab46431d4f89 -- abs_num default is 1 (absolute); row 2, column 3 = C, giving $C$2	Matched
=ADDRESS(2,3,1)	abs_num=1: absolute row and absolute column	$C$2	$C$2	Matched
=ADDRESS(2,3,2)	abs_num=2: absolute row, relative column	C$2	C$2 Per the ADDRESS docs' abs_num table, mode 2 locks the row with $ but leaves the column floating	Matched
=ADDRESS(2,3,3)	abs_num=3: relative row, absolute column	$C2	$C2 Mode 3 is the mirror of mode 2: column locked with $, row left relative	Matched
=ADDRESS(2,3,4)	abs_num=4: fully relative, no dollar signs	C2	C2	Matched
=ADDRESS(1,1,1,TRUE,"Sheet1")	sheet_text argument prefixes the result with a sheet-qualified reference	Sheet1!$A$1	Sheet1!$A$1	Matched

Docs & syntax

Excel: official documentation
Google Sheets: official documentation
LibreOffice Calc: official documentation