| Whatever happened to Open Document file format support? | gmureddu | 5/20/12 10:20 PM | Back in 2009 and 2010 Google Docs supported .odt, .odp, .ods file formats, but that support seems to be gone in the recent incarnation of Docs. I confess I did not used Docs much in the last couple of years, but then Google launched Drive and I thoug |
| Re: Whatever happened to Open Document file format support? | Gill | 5/21/12 9:24 AM | My docs File menu still shows odt as an option for downloading - but I am on Windows.... |
| Re: Whatever happened to Open Document file format support? | gnubyexample | 6/12/12 4:15 AM | When I upload .odt files produced by LibreOffice I cannot then view them as it says 'Preview not available' and offers download only. This is not platform specific, it is a Google feature that they have either disabled the preview for OpenDocument f |
| Re: Whatever happened to Open Document file format support? | Felicity_BB | 6/12/12 12:12 PM | Google Docs should also offer conversion options of odt files to view and edit them online by changing them to Google Docs format. This will erase some formatting, but I think it's currently still an option. As far as I know, files not in the Docs |
| Re: Whatever happened to Open Document file format support? | Arnie-75 | 6/13/12 6:18 AM | Same here, .ODT files cannot be opened although the word wide web says Google Drive support .ODT files. Too bad. |
| Re: Whatever happened to Open Document file format support? | GerrySq | 6/25/12 1:04 AM | This is pretty unacceptable.... we got google corporate because of the file support. Not supporting this and doing so silently is just typical. Google have a horrific customer service attitude. |
| Re: Whatever happened to Open Document file format support? | Adriannom | 6/27/12 3:33 AM | Google, please can we have better support for open document formats in Google Drive? Thank you. |
| Re: Whatever happened to Open Document file format support? | philip.rhoades | 8/31/12 7:15 AM | I am in a very similar situation - I haven't had to upload since before Google Drive - this is a real PITA! It is a really dumb situation . . |
| Re: Whatever happened to Open Document file format support? | Adriannom | 10/3/12 4:39 PM | It appears that if you export a document to Google's own format you can edit it as normal, then download as odt. This is fine by me, but can you make this process easier? Maybe a convert button as well as a download button when the format isn't sup |
| Re: Whatever happened to Open Document file format support? | librarygeekadam | 10/22/12 7:41 AM | I would agree. This is a major issue. I have been trying to convince people to abandon MS Office and move to LibreOffice with Google Drive. Now that Google Drive won't open the LibreOffice files, my argument is moot and Google Drive nor LibreOffice w |
| Re: Whatever happened to Open Document file format support? | MadmanMike83 | 10/25/12 10:23 AM | Would definitely love to see ODT support back in here. |
| Re: Whatever happened to Open Document file format support? | blaster219 | 10/28/12 3:55 PM | If you're using chrome, consider adding the following webapp InstallFree Nexus with LibreOffice It integrates with GoogleDrive and is basically a full version of LibreOffice in a virtual machine on a server somewhere (as I understand it). You can cr |
| Re: Whatever happened to Open Document file format support? | Malith Yapa | 10/29/12 12:35 AM | This is definitely unacceptable. First theres no linux support for google drive but thats more than compensated by insync. now no odt support in google docs?? is google becoming the next microsoft. i dont see any logic in why they would remove odf su |
| Re: Whatever happened to Open Document file format support? | ramvanwin | 11/3/12 12:33 PM | I just want to add my voice to this. It is a real disgrace that Google has made it difficult to use and share .odt files. It is even more insulting to see that nobody from Google has bothered to offer a response or explanation to this. I pay to use G |
| Re: Whatever happened to Open Document file format support? | JamesZe | 11/13/12 6:54 AM | Google Drive uses ODF natively now it seems. This seems almost unbelievable but while I was trying to find a solution myself I went to go load up my .gdoc file and the Google Drive website gave me an error that it was an unsupported format. Confused |
| Re: Whatever happened to Open Document file format support? | Anastasios Tsiolakidis | 11/26/12 1:51 PM | Quite shocked, still not able to import ODT files! Have to look for another host! |
| Whatever happened to Open Document file format support? | Luke Wiwatowski | 11/27/12 7:26 PM | I'll put my two cents in and agree this is disgraceful that an open and well documented file format has no support. Please fix this. |
| Re: Whatever happened to Open Document file format support? | davide caregnato | 11/28/12 2:25 AM | Open Document is a standard and very widespread format, it's really disappointing it's not supported by google. Here I ask google to solve this problem. I ask also google customer service to explain us why this feature has been removed, is it because |
| Re: Whatever happened to Open Document file format support? | Inca W | 12/2/12 10:27 AM | To enable reading of .odt files, simply click the gear in the top right (settings). Mouse down to upload settings, and a new menu should appear. Select "Convert uploaded files to google docs format". I have tested this, and it works with files create |
| Re: Whatever happened to Open Document file format support? | Judi King | 12/3/12 5:12 AM | That worked great on my laptop but I can't find that same setting on my iPad. I click on the gear but it doesn't give me the same options as on my laptop. Any ideas? Thanks. |
| Re: Whatever happened to Open Document file format support? | nimiton | 12/3/12 12:35 PM | Did that before coming here doesn't work for me. It really does seem like time to drop google like a bad habit... :/ |
| Re: Whatever happened to Open Document file format support? | Rodrigo Pontremoli | 12/14/12 5:12 AM | Try this one on Chrome. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/zoho-show/fiicmodaknllfjlmeempmdcnoljgbpmi/related It works great and let's you export to powerpoint also. |
| Re: Whatever happened to Open Document file format support? | Philly | 12/30/12 1:57 PM | <This message has been deleted.> |
| Re: Whatever happened to Open Document file format support? | Philly | 12/30/12 2:06 PM | Thank you Inca W. Your suggestion worked great for me; thanks for posting. Per your solution, I have turned automatic conversion on in the document settings and re-uploaded the documents; now I can successfully view and edit them online and can |
| Re: Whatever happened to Open Document file format support? | Talkrabb | 12/30/12 11:20 PM | Automatic vonversion does not work with the Windows Google Drive client. Manually uploaded and convertet files are stored in the Windows Google Drive client as link and are useless when you are offline. Why does Google abolish a already working solu |
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