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.ods

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OpenDocument Spreadsheet

The ISO OpenDocument spreadsheet format. Native to LibreOffice Calc and broadly interoperable with xlsx.

MIME types

  • application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet

Category

document

What opens this file

  • LibreOffice Calc
  • Google Sheets
  • Excel
  • OpenOffice Calc

How to open by OS

Windows

  • LibreOffice Calc, Excel.

Mac

  • LibreOffice Calc, Excel, Numbers.

Linux

  • LibreOffice Calc.

Ios

  • LibreOffice Viewer, Collabora Office.

Android

  • Collabora Office, Google Sheets.

Safety notes

  • Function semantics differ subtly from Excel — verify critical financial calculations after round-trip.

Common mistakes

  • Converting to xlsx can break conditional formatting and some function behaviour.
  • ODS-specific functions raise #NAME? errors in Excel.

Related extensions

References