ODS

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.

.ods (1)

What is ods file?

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

How to open ods file?

As the ODF document scheme is widely supported, most modern spreadsheet programs have no trouble in opening of .ods files.

How to convert ods file?

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.

Suggested software to open ods file:

Apache OpenOffice Calc (OpenOffice.org Calc)

Microsoft Excel

Apache OpenOffice (OpenOffice.org)

LibreOffice Calc

Associated software actions with the ods file

.ods (2)

Microsoft Outlook Express mailbox file

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 files instead.