Open ODF file

The most commonly used .odf file type: Open Document Interchange Format (ODIF)

What is odf file? Understanding and opening odf files

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.odf file type #1: Open Document Interchange Format (ODIF)

An odf file extension is related to the Open Document Interchange Format (ODIF) used by various Office suites, like StarOffice, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org etc.

Further details

The odf file extension is used for Open Document Interchange Format.

Open Document Architecture (ODA) defines a compound document format that can contain raw text, raster images and vector graphics. In the original release the difference between this standard and others like it is that the graphics structures were exclusively defined as CCITT raster image and Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM - ISO 8632). This was to limit the problem of having word processor and desktop publisher software be required to interpret all known graphics formats.

The documents have both logical and layout structures. Logically the text can be partitioned into chapters, footnotes and other subelements akin to HTML, and the layout fill a function similar to Cascading Style Sheets in the web world. The binary transport format for an ODA-conformant file is called Open Document Interchange Format (ODIF) and is based on the Standard Generalized Markup Language and Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1).

MIME types:
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula
application/x-vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula

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Apache OpenOffice Writer (OpenOffice.org Writer)

Word processor and text editor from OpenOffice.org suite

Apache OpenOffice Math (OpenOffice.org Math) icon

Apache OpenOffice Math (OpenOffice.org Math)

Program for mathematical equations from OpenOffice.org suite

Apache OpenOffice (OpenOffice.org) icon

Apache OpenOffice (OpenOffice.org)

A free multi-platform productivity office suite for Windows, Mac and Linux

.odf file type #2: Star Trek Armada ship and structure information

An odf file extension is related to the Star Trek Armada, a real-time strategic computer game. An odf file contains ship and structure information.

Further details

The odf file extension is used by Star Trek Armada, a real-time strategy from Star Trek: The Next Generation universe, released in 2000 by Activision.

The odf file contains game data such as ship, or structure information.

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Star Trek: Armada

A RTS from Star Trek TNG universe

What file extension actually is?

Simply put, file extensions are the characters after the dot in the computer file name, so for example document-name.pdf has file extension „pdf“. This helps Windows to identify which program should be used to open the file.

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