Can I edit the embedded JPG inside the ODD?

ODD is the older file extension for OpenDocument Drawing files, the vector drawing format used by LibreOffice Draw and the legacy Apache OpenOffice Draw application. Modern LibreOffice versions (5.x and later) write the format with the .odg extension by default, but .odd remains supported for compatibility with OpenOffice 3.x, NeoOffice, and StarOffice files created between 2005 and 2012. Converting JPG to ODD wraps your raster image inside an OpenDocument Drawing container so it can be opened, annotated, and combined with vector shapes inside LibreOffice Draw.

The ODD format is XML-based, ZIP-compressed, and ISO/IEC 26300 standardized - the same open standard underlying ODT (text), ODS (spreadsheet), and ODP (presentation). When you convert JPG to ODD the JPG is embedded as a Picture object inside the drawing canvas, preserving original pixel data and EXIF without re-compression. Page size defaults to A4 portrait but can be changed to any custom dimension in Draw's Format > Page Style dialog after opening. The resulting file is roughly the source JPG size plus 2-4KB of container overhead.

Government agencies, public-sector institutions in Germany, Brazil, and India, and academic users on Linux distributions where ODF is the mandated default format are the primary audience for JPG-to-ODD conversion. Once inside Draw, the image can be cropped, rotated, annotated with arrows and text boxes, exported to PDF, or combined with imported SVG and PNG assets into a multi-page layout. For modern LibreOffice workflows the .odg variant is preferred; use .odd only when the recipient explicitly requires the older extension.

Reasons to convert JPG to ODD usually come down to compatibility, file-size, or specific feature requirements. Common situations:

• An app or platform only accepts ODD uploads.
• You need a feature unique to ODD (e.g. transparency, vector scaling, animation, multi-page pages, etc.) that JPG doesn't provide.
• You're optimising file size — modern formats often produce smaller files than the older format you started with.
• You need a single archival format across a project so files behave consistently in the same viewer.

1. Open the JPG → ODD tool on jpg.now.
2. Drag your JPG file onto the drop zone, or click Select files. You can drop a whole folder of files at once.
3. The output is fixed to ODD. If the format supports extra options (page size, transparency background, quality, EXIF stripping), tweak them in the right-hand panel.
4. Click Convert. The job runs on our server and finishes in a few seconds for typical photos.
5. Download the result. Files stay in storage for 24 hours and are then permanently deleted.

The entire flow is free for the first 10 jobs per day with no signup required. A free account doubles that quota; a premium plan removes the limit entirely.

• Save as .odg (not .odd) if your audience uses LibreOffice 5.0 or later - the newer extension is identical content but registered by default in current installs.
• After opening in Draw, use Tools > Macros > Edit to scriptably batch-annotate hundreds of imported JPGs with identical text overlays.
• Page size defaults to A4 - change via Format > Page Style if your image is panoramic or square and you want a tight crop fit.
• ODD files are ZIP archives - rename to .zip and extract to recover the embedded JPG byte-for-byte if you lose the original.
• For Apache OpenOffice 4.x users on Windows or older Macs, .odd opens directly via File > Open; no conversion plugin needed.