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OpenDocument spreadsheet
File type: Document file, Spreadsheet and workbook file
Files with ods file extension can be nowadays commonly found as spreadsheets saved using Calc program from OpenOffice.org, LibreOffice and perhaps other office productivity bundles that use documents based on OpenDocument Format schema.
Found 3 different file type records with the same ods filename suffix.
File type category:
Document file
Spreadsheet and workbook file
Date updated: April 4, 2024
File extension ods is mainly associated with OpenOffice.orc Calc and other spreadsheet programs that adopted the ODF scheme of document formats, for example LibreOffice and other, often open source, office productivity suites.
ODS spreadsheet file is based on a ODF - OpenDocument Format developed for office applications to be used for documents containing text, spreadsheets, charts, and graphical elements.
OpenDocument format is an open standard XML-based file format under the stewardship of OASIS. OpenDocument also creates the possibility for new types of applications and solutions to be developed other than traditional office productivity applications.
MIME types:
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet
As the ODF document scheme is widely supported, most modern spreadsheet programs have no trouble in opening of .ods files.
You can open .ods file in any supported spreadsheet program and save it to some other spreadsheet format, for example XLS / XLSX from Microsoft Excel.
Software applications that can open ods files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Multiplatform
On-line services
Software applications that can edit ods files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Software capable of saving ods files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Software apps that create ods files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Software apps that convert ods files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that import ods files:
On-line services
Software apps that export ods files:
On-line services
Software apps that recover ods files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that print ods files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Multiplatform
Software applications that handle other tasks involving ods files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Multiplatform
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File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: August 21, 2017
The ods file extension is associated with Microsoft Outlook Express, an e-mail and news client included in earlier releases of Microsoft Internet Explorer. The latest edition of Outlook Express is called Microsoft Mail Live.
The *.ods files were used for saving mailbox messages in Microsoft Outlook 5. The later versions of Microsoft Outlook are using the dbx instead.
Files with ods extension are not meant to be opened manually.
This ods extension file is not convertable file format.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving ods files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Source code and script file
Date updated: June 25, 2019
The ods file extension was used by NCompass Labs software for its internet related scripts. NCompass Labs company was acquired by Microsoft and its technologies are implemented in Microsoft applications.
Use compatible tools to work with *.ods files.
Probably can be exported to other formats.