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File Formats: ODF

ODF is the Open Document Format standard used in the LibreOffice suite.

ODF encompasses many file format types, from which LEADTOOLS offers support to ODT, ODS, and ODP.

File Format	Description	Comparable File Format
Odt (*.odt)	OpenDocument Text	DOC, DOCX from Microsoft Word
Ods (*.ods)	OpenDocument Sheets	XLX, XLSX from Microsoft Excel
Odp (*.odp)	OpenDocument Presentations	PPT from Microsoft PowerPoint

Comparable File Format

LibreOffice offers a suite of tools that are popular alternatives to Microsoft Office suite. Although the features offered are very similar, not all features are one-to-one and the file formats produced are different. For comparison, refer to Differences between the OpenDocument Text (.odt) format and the Word (.docx) format. LEADTOOLS supports LibreOffice ODFs for the following Operating Systems:

Operating System	File Format	LibreOffice	LEADTOOLS
Windows	ODT, ODS, ODP	✓	✓
macOS	ODT, ODS, ODP	✓
Linux	ODT, ODS, ODP	✓	✓

Features

The file constants associated with this file format are:

Constant	Read Support	Write Support	Description
`Odt`	✓	Using DocumentConverter	[407] OpenDocument Text file format.
`Ods`	✓	Using DocumentConverter	[408] OpenDocument Spreadsheet file format.
`Odp`	✓	Using DocumentConverter	[409] OpenDocument Presentation file format.

Using DocumentConverter

To save the contents of Odt, Ods, and Odp file formats, convert to a writable file format, such as PDF, using DocumentConverter.

Required DLLs

LEADTOOLS ODF file format support requires the below assemblies:

Assembly Name	Target Platform	Description
`Leadtools.OdfEngine.dll`	x64 .NET	Only available as a zip download
`Leadtools.Codecs.Odf.dll`	x64 .NET	Available with the Windows installation ZIP
`ltOdfEnginex.dll`	x64 C DLL	Only available as a zip download
`libltodfengine.so`	Linux	Available with the Linux installation ZIP

Copy the LEADTOOLS ODF DLLs to the same directory where all other LEADTOOLS DLLs exist.

For a listing of the exact DLLs needed, based on the toolkit version, refer to Files to be Included with your Application .

Note

On Windows OS, LEADTOOLS supports x64, not Win32. Consequently, the target machine must have installed the Windows x64 LibreOffice version.

Related Formats: DOC, DOCX, PPTX, PPT, XLSX, XLS, XLSB

Platform Support

Extension	Module	Value	Win64	Net64	Linux	MimeType	Friendly Name
Odt	ODT	407	✔	✔	✔	application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text	Odt File Format
Ods	ODT	408	✔	✔	✔	application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text	Ods File Format
Odp	ODT	409	✔	✔	✔	application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text	Odp File Format

For a complete list for supported file formats, see Summary of All Supported File Formats.

For details of the file formats supported across products and platforms, refer to File Format Comparison Chart.