.ods will open in read-only inside sharepoint online document library

Question

we have a file with.ods extension, but when we try to edit it using the browser, we get this message and the file opens in read-only:-

is there a way to fox this?

Thanks

Answer 1

OpenDocument file formats cannot be edited in Office on the web.

Answer 2

Some features in Excel for the web are partially supported, not supported or not Applicable in the OpenDocument Spreadsheet format. It will affect formatting ,usability, etc.

Therefore, when we open .ods file in in Excel for the web, some compatibility issues may occur and file shows in read-only mode once we want to edit.

This is the expected behavior and we could click Edit workbook to further edit the file.

For more information, please refer to the following article:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/differences-between-the-opendocument-spreadsheet-ods-format-and-the-excel-for-windows-xlsx-format-3db958c8-e0ac-49a5-9965-2c2f8afbd960#ID0EAABAAA=Web