XLS to ODS - Convert document online
Conversion Results:
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How to convert XLS to ODS:
1. Click the "Choose Files" button to select multiple files on your computer or click the "URL" button to choose an online file from URL, Google Drive or Dropbox.
2. Choose a target document format. The target document format can be PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, HTML, TXT, CSV, RTF, ODT, ODS, ODP, XPS or OXPS. A target format can only be converted from certain document formats. For example: It can convert DOC to DOCX, but it can't convert DOC to XLSX. When choosing a target format, it will list what source formats can be converted to the target format.
3. Click the "Convert Now!" button to start batch conversion. The output files will be listed in the "Conversion Results" section. Click icon to show file QR code or save file to cloud storage services such as Google Drive or Dropbox.
XLS vs ODS:
| Name | XLS | ODS |
| Full name | Microsoft Excel Binary File Format | OpenDocument Spreadsheet |
| File extension | .xls | .ods, .fods |
| MIME | application/vnd.ms-excel | application/vnd.-oasis.-opendocument.-spreadsheet |
| Developed by | Microsoft | OASIS |
| Type of format | Spreadsheet | Spreadsheet |
| Introduction | Microsoft Excel up until 2007 version used a proprietary binary file format called Excel Binary File Format (.XLS) as its primary format. Excel 2007 uses Office Open XML as its primary file format, an XML-based format that followed after a previous XML-based format called "XML Spreadsheet". | The Open Document Format for Office Applications (ODF), also known as OpenDocument, is an XML-based file format for spreadsheets, charts, presentations and word processing documents. It was developed with the aim of providing an open, XML-based file format specification for office applications. |
| Technical details | OpenOffice.org has created documentation of the Excel format. Since then Microsoft made the Excel binary format specification available to freely download. | The original OpenDocument format consists of an XML document that has |
| Associated programs | Microsoft Office, LibreOffice, Kingsoft Office, Google Docs. | LibreOffice, Microsoft Office, KOffice, Google Docs, OpenOffice.org |
| Sample file | sample.xls | sample.ods |
| Wikipedia | XLS on Wikipedia | ODS on Wikipedia |