Extract text from OpenDocument files (OD)
To convert OD documents to another format, you need Apache OpenOffice or other Data software.
To convert other file formats to the "OpenDocument / Automation Data" file type, you need software like Apache OpenOffice or a similar tool.
The .OD file extension is most commonly associated with OpenDocument office formats used by open-source suites like Apache OpenOffice and LibreOffice. Under the hood, these files are compressed ZIP archives containing XML structures, images, and formatting instructions. While open and standardized, sharing .OD files often causes compatibility issues for users who strictly rely on legacy Microsoft Office setups. To ensure seamless sharing and cross-platform readability without formatting loss, it is best to convert these documents to universally accepted formats like PDF or DOCX.
A smaller subset of .OD files relates to highly specialized industrial applications. They function as Marine automation object data files for the Kongsberg Maritime K-Chief system or as CANopen device configuration data. Another rare use case is the Mascopt Graph Request File developed by INRIA/UNSA. These industrial and academic variants utilize strictly proprietary or niche closed-data structures.
Because a single .OD extension can represent either a standard word processing document or a highly specialized marine hardware configuration, standard online converters often fail or return false errors. Attempting to force an industrial CANopen configuration file into a PDF will crash most automated engines. If our analysis detects standard OpenDocument XML, we can easily assist with viewing or converting it. For proprietary marine datasets, we will expose the internal text or binary headers to help you determine the exact original software required.
Convert.Guru analyzes your OD file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert OD file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use Apache OpenOffice or similar software from the "Office Document & Device Config" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to OD, try Apache OpenOffice or another comparable tool in the "Office Document & Device Config" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our OD converter.