Converter from ods to pdf. Converting an ODS to PDF file

This page explains how you can easily convert a .ods file to PDF file using the free and easy-to-use PDF24 Creator. The described conversion method is free and simple. PDF24 Creator installs PDF printer, and you can print your .ods file on this printer to convert the file to PDF.

What is needed to convert an ODS file to a PDF file or how can you create a PDF version of your ODS file

ODS type files or files with .ods extension can be easily converted to PDF with using PDF printer.

A PDF printer is a virtual printer that can be used just like any other printer. The difference from a regular printer is that a PDF printer creates PDF files. You are not printing on a physical piece of paper. A PDF printer prints the contents of the source file into a PDF file.

So you can create PDF version any file that can be printed. Just open the file using a reader, click the print button, select the virtual PDF printer and click the "Print" button. If you have a reader for the ODS file, and if the reader can print the file, then you can convert the file to PDF format.

A free and easy-to-use PDF printer from PDF24 can be downloaded from this page. Simply click on the download button to the right of this article to download PDF24 Creator. Install it software. After installation, you will have a new printing device registered with Windows, which you can use to create PDF files from your .ods file or convert any other printable file to PDF.

Here's how it works:

1. Install PDF24 Creator
2. Open the .ods file using a reader that can open the file.
3. Print the file on a virtual PDF24 PDF printer.
4. PDF24 Assistant opens a window in which you can save new file as PDF, send by email, fax or edit.

An alternative way to convert an ODS file to a PDF file

PDF24 provides several online tools that can be used to create PDF files. Supported file types are being added as they become available, and the ODS file format may also already be supported. The conversion service has various interfaces. Two of them are as follows:

Online PDF Converter from PDF24 supports many files that can be converted to PDF. Simply select the ODS file from which you would like to get a PDF version, click the "convert" button, and you will receive a PDF version of the file.

There is also an E-Mail PDF Converter from PDF24 which can also be used to convert files to PDF format. Just send by e-mail message to the E-Mail service PDF Converter, attach the ODS file to this email, and in a few seconds you will receive the PDF file back.

Converting an ODS file to PDF is a process that changes the presentation of the data, not the data itself. Data conversion is a process performed for the needs of computer technology. We, as end users, are primarily interested in the contents of the file. Machines perceive data in files completely differently. They are not interested in the content, what is important to them is the appropriate form, or presentation of the data, so that they can decipher its content.

Although the final form of the data is a series of zeros and ones, it must be a series ordered in such a way that it is readable by a particular application or platform. Whenever data needs to be transferred further, it must be converted into a format readable for the next application - we are interested in the target PDF format. The data contained in the ODS file can be converted not only for the needs of the next application, but also for the purpose of transferring it to another computer system.

Export and import of data and manual conversion

Data conversion is usually a process, in certain cases mechanized. The effect of the work of one program is automatically the input product of the next application (some applications provide an automatic opportunity to record the work carried out with the ODS file in PDF format - EXPORT data) After the export is completed, we can simple method conduct IMPORT this data into another application. If this is not possible, we can try to carry out the process of converting ODS to PDF ourselves. In order for the machine language to match, you must use the appropriate converter. You will find a list of programs for the conversion you are interested in at the top of this page. A file converter is a binary code translator that eliminates the difference in the code or carries out its correct translation so that another machine or program understands it. For us, as users, the only noticeable change will be a different file extension - PDF instead of ODS. For machines and programs, this is the difference between understanding the contents of a file and not being able to read it.

By converting a file to another file extension, you can use other programs to service it. But we should not forget that the ODS file, when converted to PDF, may differ slightly from the original, for example in the placement of data. The most vital information should be saved, but if you are interested in the file being identical after converting from ODS to PDF, you should act judiciously and select the appropriate application from the list below. This doesn't guarantee that the conversion will be 100% as expected, but it can still help a lot. If, nevertheless, the effect of converting the ODS file to PDF did not meet your expectations, you can try to find on the Internet another version of your file in the ODS format, previously correctly converted by someone else into a PDF file. If this does not work for you, use the information presented in the next section.

Programs for converting ODS to PDF:

Other possible ODS file conversions

If after converting the ODS file you do not get the appropriate result, you can try changing the ODS file format to something other than PDF. On our website you will also find information about the following conversion options:

Converting a file with an ODS extension to another format

What other possibilities are there?

Unfortunately, if after performing the two previously described steps (trying to find your ODS files converted by someone else, and trying to convert it to PDF format yourself), there is still a problem with the file, then there are few solutions left. You can try again to find and install an application that can open the ODS file in its original format (without converting to a PDF file. This solution will be difficult to implement, but will undoubtedly bring the best result.