Convert CSV to OpenOffice Calc (ODS)

A CSV file is just plain text with commas — fine for moving data, painful for reading it. Open it in OpenOffice Calc and you get real columns, formatting, and formulas instead of a wall of separators. The clean way to get there is to convert the CSV into the OpenOffice spreadsheet format, ODS. Total CSV Converter turns one CSV or a whole folder of them into ODS spreadsheets while keeping the data structure intact.

Quick answer: To convert CSV to OpenOffice, open Total CSV Converter, check the CSV files, click the OpenOffice icon in the format bar, and set the delimiter, the rows to skip, and column formatting in the wizard. Preview the table, then press Start. Each CSV becomes a separate ODS file in one offline batch, with the same settings applied to every source at once.

How do I convert a CSV file to ODS?

The target formats sit in a bar across the top of the window — DOC, TXT, Excel, OpenOffice, PDF, HTML, DBF, XML, CSV. Picking OpenOffice tells the program to write ODS.

1. Open Total CSV Converter and check the CSV files you want. One or many — single and batch conversion work the same way.
2. Click the OpenOffice icon in the format bar. The settings wizard pops up.
3. Set the delimiter symbols, the rows to skip, and the data format and alignment for each column.
4. View the source in table form right there to confirm the columns split correctly, then press Start!

Each source CSV is written to its own ODS document. For a single file you can set the target name; in a batch the ODS files keep the original names.

Why set the delimiter and column format first?

CSV has no fixed rules, so one file uses commas and the next uses semicolons or tabs. Telling Total CSV Converter the exact delimiter means the columns land where they should in Calc. Setting the data format per column — text, number, date — stops OpenOffice from mangling a ZIP code or an order number into something else. Skipping the top rows drops report headers you do not want in the sheet.

• Convert one CSV or a whole folder to ODS in a single run
• Choose the exact delimiter so columns split cleanly
• Set format and alignment per column before converting
• Skip header rows you do not want in the spreadsheet
• Preview the parsed table before you commit

Need a different office format? The same program writes Excel — see convert CSV to XLS — or a print-ready CSV to PDF report.

Tip: set your parameters once and they apply to every file in the batch, so a folder of daily exports converts with a single click each time.

Tip: use the preview to catch a wrong delimiter before conversion — it is far quicker than opening a broken ODS in Calc and starting over.

The 30-day trial is fully functional — no email or credit card. A personal license starts at $59.90 and runs on Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10 and 11. A command-line build handles CSV to ODS on servers and in scheduled scripts.