About the ODS to PDF
ODS is the spreadsheet format of LibreOffice, OpenOffice and other office suites. To share a sheet with someone who doesn't use those programs, a PDF is the safest choice. This converter reads .ods files in your browser, lets you pick the sheet, and lays the cells out as a clean table on A4 or Letter pages. It chooses portrait or landscape automatically, can shrink the text to fit the page width, repeats the header row on each page and adds grid lines if you want them.
Updated October 2026
How to use the ODS to PDF
- 1Select an .ods file.
- 2Pick the sheet to print.
- 3Choose the page size and orientation.
- 4Set the header, grid and fit options.
- 5Press Convert to PDF and download it.
When this is the right tool
Use it to share price lists, timetables, results, inventories and other tables as PDF from a phone or a computer without office software. For pixel-perfect layouts with charts and colours, use LibreOffice's own PDF export.
Layout options
The page size and orientation decide how many columns fit.
- Auto orientation picks landscape for wide tables
- Shrink to fit lowers the text size, down to a readable minimum
- Grid lines make dense tables easier to read
- The header row repeats on every page
How ODS files are read
An .ods file is a ZIP archive containing XML. The converter reads the content.xml part, expands repeated rows and columns and uses the text each cell displays, so numbers and dates appear as they do in the spreadsheet.
Checking the result
The page estimate tells you how many pages the PDF will have before you convert. If it is more than expected, try landscape or turn on shrink to fit.
Readable tables
Very long text in a cell is shortened with an ellipsis so the table stays tidy, and the text size never drops below a readable minimum. If important text is being cut, switch to landscape, turn off shrink to fit to allow wider columns spread over more pages, or shorten the text in the spreadsheet.
Sharing the PDF
PDFs open the same way on every phone and computer and can't be changed by accident, which makes them ideal for timetables, price lists and reports you send to customers or post on a noticeboard.
Phone and computer
Open .ods attachments on your phone and turn them into a PDF anyone can read. If the sheet is an Excel file, use Excel to PDF, and a written document in the same family goes through ODT to PDF. For plain table files use CSV to Excel, and PDF to Excel reads tables back out of a PDF.
Features
- Reads LibreOffice and OpenOffice .ods
- Sheet picker
- A4 or Letter, portrait or landscape
- Header row repeated on every page
- Shrink to fit the page width
- No upload
Frequently asked questions
Can I convert ODS to PDF without LibreOffice?
Yes. This page reads the .ods file itself, so you don't need any office software installed.
Will my formatting be kept?
The PDF shows the cell values as a simple table. Colours, fonts, merged cells, charts and images aren't reproduced; for an exact copy, export from LibreOffice with File > Export as PDF.
What happens to formulas?
The PDF shows each formula's last calculated result, as stored in the file.
What if the table is too wide?
Choose landscape, or keep Shrink to fit on. Very wide tables are split across pages by column groups.
Does it work with .xlsx too?
Yes, it also opens Excel .xlsx and CSV files. For those, our Excel to PDF tool has the same options.
Is my spreadsheet uploaded?
No. It is read and converted in your browser, so private figures and customer lists stay on your device.
Can I print only part of a sheet?
Delete the rows you don't need in your spreadsheet program or a copy of the file, then convert. The tool prints the whole chosen sheet.