Convert ODS to CSV

OpenDocument Spreadsheet (ODS) is an open standard file format for spreadsheets that is part of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) family. It was developed by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) and is widely supported by various office suites, including LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice.

ODS files can contain multiple sheets, and each sheet can contain multiple rows and columns of data. The format supports a wide range of features including formulas, styles, charts, and macros.

One of the key advantages of ODS is its open nature, which ensures long-term accessibility and interoperability. It uses a compressed XML format, making it both efficient in storage and easy to process programmatically.

Comma-separated values (CSV) is a simple and widely used format for storing tabular data. It is human-readable and easy to generate and parse.

Row delimiter

The row delimiter is the character used to separate each row in the CSV data. This is usually a new line character (LF), or a carriage return plus a new line character (CRLF).

We will automatically detect this and parse the rows correctly.

Value separator

The value separator is the character used to separate each value inside a row.

For CSV files, as the name implies it is usually a comma, but it can be different depending on the software used to generate the CSV file, we support the following separators:

• Comma ,
• Tab \t
• Pipe |
• Hash #
• Semicolon ;

Character encoding

Depending on what software you used to generate the CSV file, it might have a different character encoding

If no character encoding is specified we will automatically try to guess it, so you don't have to worry about it if you're unsure.