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How do I create a table in calc as you would in office 2007/2010? In Office you would select the data you have and choose format as table.
The benefit of creating a table is that it provides the ability to filter the spreadsheet based on any value in the column, so by date, name etc.
@flebber - In which application of LibO do you want to create a table? If you consider a spreadsheet work with Calc;. Working there is very similar to EXCEL and Calc enables you to easily apply filters.
If you consider a different application have a look at
https://help.libreoffice.org/Special%3ASearch