What is ODG? ODG, short name for OpenDocument Graphics, is used as the file extension for OpenDocument Graphics files. .ODG files are binary files that can be opened by OpenOffice software. See the sample .ODG file included below.

File Extension: .ODG

MIME Type: application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics

File Content: OpenDocument Graphics

.ODG files are OpenDocument Graphics files saved as binary files. Here are the first 128 bytes of a sample .ODG file dumped in HEX values:

50 4b 03 04 14 00 00 08 00 00 f3 13 e7 40 9f 03 PK..............
2e c4 2b 00 00 00 2b 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 6d 69 ..............mi
6d 65 74 79 70 65 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f metypeapplicatio
6e 2f 76 6e 64 2e 6f 61 73 69 73 2e 6f 70 65 6e n.vnd.oasis.open
64 6f 63 75 6d 65 6e 74 2e 67 72 61 70 68 69 63 document.graphic
73 50 4b 03 04 14 00 00 08 00 00 f3 13 e7 40 00 sPK.............
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1a 00 00 00 43 ...............C
6f 6e 66 69 67 75 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 32 2f 73 onfigurations2.s

.ODG files are actually ZIP files. See the ZIP identifier "PK" in the above HEX dump. When an .ODG file is extracted by a ZIP tool, you will see these files and folers:

<DIR>          Configurations2
         7,031 content.xml
<DIR>          META-INF
         1,099 meta.xml
            43 mimetype
<DIR>          Pictures
         9,112 settings.xml
        12,217 styles.xml
<DIR>          Thumbnails

.ODG OpenDocument Graphics file sample: Click sample.odg to download.

.ODG OpenDocument Graphics files can be created and modified by these software:

• Apache OpenOffice - Opens and creates .ODG OpenDocument Graphics files.