Documents conversion
Convert ODT to CSV
Updated Jul 2026
ODT is a word processing document format that can hold formatted text, tables, and images. CSV is plain rows and columns, the format spreadsheets and databases read. To convert, open the ODT and pull the table it contains out as CSV data. Doing this on your own computer keeps the document off other people's servers while it's processed.
- Extension
- .odt
- Type
- Documents
- Typically
- LibreOffice / OpenOffice
- Extension
- .csv
- Type
- Documents
- Typically
- Data, spreadsheets
Convert ODT to CSV on your own computer. Nothing uploads.
How to convert ODT to CSV
- Open Morphjet and drag in the ODT file, or a whole folder of them.
- Choose CSV as the output format.
- Convert. Morphjet pulls the table data out of the document and writes a CSV file next to the original, and nothing leaves your machine.
ODT vs CSV: what actually changes
| ODT | CSV | |
|---|---|---|
| File size | Larger, holds styles, layout, and any embedded images | Much smaller, plain rows and columns of text |
| What's kept | The full document: paragraphs, headings, tables, images | Only the contents of an actual table, nothing else |
| Formatting | Fonts, colors, page layout, all preserved | None, CSV is plain text with no styling at all |
| Opens in | Word processing software | Spreadsheet software and any plain text editor, opened almost anywhere |
| Good for editing as | A formatted document | Raw data, easy to import into a spreadsheet or database |
When to convert, and when not to
Convert ODT to CSV when the document is really a table in disguise, like a price list, contact sheet, or inventory, and you want that data in a spreadsheet or database rather than a formatted document.
Keep the ODT if it has real prose, headings, or images you care about, since none of that survives in a CSV, only the plain text sitting in table cells does.
Why not just use an online converter?
ODT documents often carry more than people expect, tracked changes, comments, embedded images, sometimes sensitive numbers in a table. Uploading one to an online converter to pull that data out means the whole document sits on a stranger's server while it's processed. Converting on your own computer keeps the file, and everything in it, on your machine the entire time.
Questions
Does converting ODT to CSV lose anything?
Yes, and it's supposed to. CSV can only hold plain rows and columns, so formatting, fonts, images, and any regular paragraphs of text in the ODT are left behind. Only what's inside an actual table survives.
What happens if my ODT doesn't have a table?
There's not much for CSV to hold onto. If the document is just paragraphs of text, converting it will produce a thin or empty file, since CSV has no way to represent flowing prose.
Will CSV keep the tracked changes and comments in my ODT?
No. CSV is plain data with no concept of comments, revision history, or formatting, so anything like that in the original document doesn't carry over.
Can I convert ODT to CSV without uploading the file anywhere?
Yes. Morphjet runs the conversion locally on your Mac or Windows computer, so the document never travels over the internet or reaches another server.
Morphjet converts ODT, CSV, and 1,800+ other formats, all on your machine. Launching this July.