On the viewing front, doc-view can be used to view OpenDocument files right within Emacs.
>From the manual, ,---- | 35 Document Viewing | ******************* | | DocView mode is a major mode for viewing DVI, PostScript (PS), PDF, | OpenDocument, and Microsoft Office documents. It provides features ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | such as slicing, zooming, and searching inside documents. It works by | converting the document to a set of images using the `gs' (GhostScript) | command and other external tools (1), and displaying those images. `---- The viewer uses unoconv as the default converter. There were some issues that I identified while using LibreOffice as converter. It is possible that pdf file generated by the two converters differ in a subtle way. --