Reading .ods files on the ipad

Can anyone shed any light on how to import and edit .ods files (from open office) at the minute im using drop box between me and my accountant our files are edited in open office and now i have an ipad id love to be able to use it to edit my docs and send them back, but it wont read them. Will pages do it for me?
Thanks, marc

This file type is the spreadsheet from open office. I do not think there is an i pad app that will open it.
But the file in open office can be saved as an xl file, which your i pad can deal with.
From http://www.file-extensions.org/ods-file-extension
"Of course, you are free to use your old Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, or save your work in Excel format for sending to people who are still locked into Microsoft products. If all they want to see is your results, then use Portable Document Format (.pdf) - no need to buy any extra software. Since version 3.0, CALC has been able to read .xlsx files created with Microsoft Office 2007 or Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac OS X."

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