Open Document Formats (ODF) 1.2 standard was selected by the Open Standards Board for use across the UK government. ODF works on most operating systems (including desktops, laptops, mobiles and tablets). This is because it is an open standards that allows suppliers to create interoperable office productivity solutions, can lower IT costs as ODF is low cost or free to use, allows government staff to share and edit documents, allows stricter security checks therefore helping it to prevent common cyber-attack scenarios, can add digital signatures to a document. 

ODF standard works with several software tools as Mac, Windows, Linux, and Android operating systems as well as many others. User needs are very important when selecting an ODF complaint solution, therefore the research and analysis is critical.

The standard also includes the following information:

• Buying ODF compliant solutions

• Migrating to ODF compliant solutions

• Securing ODF compliant solutions

• Integrating ODF compliant solutions

• Setting up ODF complaint solutions