# OpenXML/ODF Translator Add-in for Microsoft Excel

Thank you for downloading the OpenXML/ODF Translator Add-in for Excel. The add-in enables you to open documents based on the ODF specification in Microsoft Excel, thus, demonstrating the interoperability between Office Open XML & ODF. This interoperability project is hosted on sourceforge.net. For more details and future updates on the project, please see the RoadMap document.

Funded by Microsoft the OpenXML/ODF Translator has been developed by Clever Age and Sonata Software Limited (for more information, see the project web site).

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Table of Contents

- Software Requirements
- Installing the Add-in
- Troubleshooting Guide
- Features/Options Not Supported

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Software Requirements

Before installing the add-in, make sure you have one of the following ...

- Microsoft Excel XP
- Office Compatibility Pack
- .NET Framework 2.0 SP1

or

- Microsoft Excel 2003
- Office Compatibility Pack
- .NET Framework 2.0* SP1

or

- Microsoft Excel 2007 (with .NET Programmability Support activated)
- .NET Framework 2.0* SP1

(*) Note: if you installed Microsoft Excel before .NET Framework, you will need to update your Excel installation by doing the following:

1. Open Add or Remove Programs from the Control Panel
2. Find the Microsoft Excel entry and choose Modify
3. In the installation process, choose Add or remove features then add .NET Programmability Support in the Microsoft Office Excel section.

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Installing the Add-in

Double click the "OdfAddInForExcelSetup-en.exe" file

If the installation is successful, you should be able to open an .ODS file (ODS is the standard file extension for ODF text documents) using Microsoft Excel (see File>ODF... menu). Also, when right-clicking on an .ODS file in Explorer, you should have the option of opening the document in Microsoft Excel (Open with Excel menu).

Important note: The .ODS file opened by the add-in is imported in Microsoft Excel as a read-only .XLSX file. Consequently, if you have made changes to it and want to save it back as an .ODS file, you will have first to save it with a new name (File>Save As) and then use the File>ODF…-Save as ODF… command.

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Troubleshooting

If you don't see the ODF entry in the Microsoft Excel File menu, this might be due to missing features in Excel (see Software Requirements section) or a failure during the installation of the Excel Primary Interop Assemblies.

Please check our troubleshooting guide for more information.

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Features/Options Not Supported

For a complete list of unsupported features see our web site.

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