diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/ooxmldemo/ooxmlread.lpi b/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/ooxmldemo/ooxmlread.lpi
index f6ae147ae..477663263 100644
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/ooxmldemo/ooxmlread.lpi
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/ooxmldemo/ooxmlread.lpi
@@ -66,11 +66,16 @@
         <PackageName Value="LazUtils"/>
       </Item1>
     </RequiredPackages>
-    <Units Count="1">
+    <Units Count="2">
       <Unit0>
         <Filename Value="ooxmlread.lpr"/>
         <IsPartOfProject Value="True"/>
       </Unit0>
+      <Unit1>
+        <Filename Value="..\..\fpsxmlcommon.pas"/>
+        <IsPartOfProject Value="True"/>
+        <UnitName Value="fpsxmlcommon"/>
+      </Unit1>
     </Units>
   </ProjectOptions>
   <CompilerOptions>
diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/ooxmldemo/ooxmlread.lpr b/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/ooxmldemo/ooxmlread.lpr
index 14022bd86..0fd7e448a 100644
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/ooxmldemo/ooxmlread.lpr
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/ooxmldemo/ooxmlread.lpr
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ program ooxmlread;
 {$mode delphi}{$H+}
 
 uses
-  Classes, SysUtils, fpspreadsheet, xlsxooxml; //fpsallformats;
+  Classes, SysUtils, fpspreadsheet, xlsxooxml, fpsxmlcommon; //fpsallformats;
 
 var
   MyWorkbook: TsWorkbook;
diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/fpsopendocument.pas b/components/fpspreadsheet/fpsopendocument.pas
index b54cc5d6a..422745cec 100755
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/fpsopendocument.pas
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/fpsopendocument.pas
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ uses
   fpspreadsheet,
   laz2_xmlread, laz2_DOM,
   AVL_Tree, math, dateutils,
-  fpsutils, fpsNumFormatParser;
+  fpsutils, fpsNumFormatParser, fpsxmlcommon;
   
 type
   TDateMode=(
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ type
 
   { TsSpreadOpenDocReader }
 
-  TsSpreadOpenDocReader = class(TsCustomSpreadReader)
+  TsSpreadOpenDocReader = class(TsSpreadXMLReader)
   private
     FCellStyleList: TFPList;
     FColumnStyleList: TFPList;
@@ -94,10 +94,6 @@ type
     function FindColumnByCol(AColIndex: Integer): Integer;
     function FindColStyleByName(AStyleName: String): integer;
     function FindRowStyleByName(AStyleName: String): Integer;
-    // Gets value for the specified attribute. Returns empty string if attribute
-    // not found.
-    function GetAttrValue(ANode : TDOMNode; AAttrName : string) : string;
-    function GetNodeValue(ANode: TDOMNode): String;
     procedure ReadColumns(ATableNode: TDOMNode);
     procedure ReadColumnStyle(AStyleNode: TDOMNode);
     // Figures out the base year for times in this file (dates are unambiguous)
@@ -968,36 +964,6 @@ begin
   Result := -1;
 end;
 
-function TsSpreadOpenDocReader.GetAttrValue(ANode : TDOMNode; AAttrName : string) : string;
-var
-  i : integer;
-  Found : Boolean;
-begin
-  Found:=false;
-  i:=0;
-  Result:='';
-  while not Found and (i<ANode.Attributes.Length) do begin
-    if ANode.Attributes.Item[i].NodeName=AAttrName then begin
-      Found:=true;
-      Result:=ANode.Attributes.Item[i].NodeValue;
-    end;
-    inc(i);
-  end;
-end;
-
-{ Returns the text value of a node. Normally it would be sufficient to call
-  "ANode.NodeValue", but since the DOMParser needs to preserve white space
-  (for the spaces in date/time formats), we have to go more into detail. }
-function TsSpreadOpenDocReader.GetNodeValue(ANode: TDOMNode): String;
-var
-  child: TDOMNode;
-begin
-  Result := '';
-  child := ANode.FirstChild;
-  if Assigned(child) and (child.NodeName = '#text') then
-    Result := child.NodeValue;
-end;
-
 procedure TsSpreadOpenDocReader.ReadBlank(ARow, ACol: Word; ACellNode: TDOMNode);
 var
   styleName: String;
@@ -1188,50 +1154,6 @@ var
   BodyNode, SpreadSheetNode, TableNode: TDOMNode;
   StylesNode: TDOMNode;
   OfficeSettingsNode: TDOMNode;
-
-  { We have to use our own ReadXMLFile procedure (there is one in xmlread)
-    because we have to preserve spaces in element text for date/time separator.
-    As a side-effect we have to skip leading spaces by ourselves. }
-  procedure ReadXMLFile(out ADoc: TXMLDocument; AFileName: String);
-  var
-    parser: TDOMParser;
-    src: TXMLInputSource;
-    stream: TStream;
-//    fstream: TStream;
-  begin
-    {
-    if (boBufStream in Workbook.Options) then begin
-      fstream := TFileStream.Create(AFilename, fmOpenRead + fmShareDenyWrite);
-      stream := TMemorystream.Create;
-      stream.CopyFrom(fstream, fstream.Size);
-      stream.Position := 0;
-      fstream.free;
-    end
-    }
-
-    if (boBufStream in Workbook.Options) then
-      stream := TBufStream.Create(AFileName, fmOpenRead + fmShareDenyWrite)
-    else
-      stream := TFileStream.Create(AFileName, fmOpenRead + fmShareDenyWrite);
-
-    try
-      parser := TDOMParser.Create;
-      try
-        parser.Options.PreserveWhiteSpace := true;    // This preserves spaces!
-        src := TXMLInputSource.Create(stream);
-        try
-          parser.Parse(src, ADoc);
-        finally
-          src.Free;
-        end;
-      finally
-        parser.Free;
-      end;
-    finally
-      stream.Free;
-    end;
-  end;
-
 begin
   //unzip files into AFileName path
   FilePath := GetTempDir(false);
diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/fpsxmlcommon.pas b/components/fpspreadsheet/fpsxmlcommon.pas
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a3e6b314
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/fpsxmlcommon.pas
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+unit fpsxmlcommon;
+
+{$mode objfpc}
+
+interface
+
+uses
+  Classes, SysUtils,
+  laz2_xmlread, laz2_DOM,
+  fpspreadsheet;
+
+type
+  TsSpreadXMLReader = class(TsCustomSpreadReader)
+  protected
+    function GetAttrValue(ANode : TDOMNode; AAttrName : string) : string;
+    function GetNodeValue(ANode: TDOMNode): String;
+    procedure ReadXMLFile(out ADoc: TXMLDocument; AFileName: String);
+  end;
+
+implementation
+
+uses
+  fpsStreams;
+
+{ Gets value for the specified attribute. Returns empty string if attribute
+  not found. }
+function TsSpreadXMLReader.GetAttrValue(ANode : TDOMNode; AAttrName : string) : string;
+var
+  i: integer;
+  Found: Boolean;
+begin
+  Found := false;
+  i := 0;
+  Result := '';
+  while not Found and (i < ANode.Attributes.Length) do begin
+    if ANode.Attributes.Item[i].NodeName = AAttrName then begin
+      Found := true;
+      Result := ANode.Attributes.Item[i].NodeValue;
+    end;
+    inc(i);
+  end;
+end;
+
+{ Returns the text value of a node. Normally it would be sufficient to call
+  "ANode.NodeValue", but since the DOMParser needs to preserve white space
+  (for the spaces in date/time formats), we have to go more into detail. }
+function TsSpreadXMLReader.GetNodeValue(ANode: TDOMNode): String;
+var
+  child: TDOMNode;
+begin
+  Result := '';
+  child := ANode.FirstChild;
+  if Assigned(child) and (child.NodeName = '#text') then
+    Result := child.NodeValue;
+end;
+
+{ We have to use our own ReadXMLFile procedure (there is one in xmlread)
+  because we have to preserve spaces in element text for date/time separator.
+  As a side-effect we have to skip leading spaces by ourselves. }
+procedure TsSpreadXMLReader.ReadXMLFile(out ADoc: TXMLDocument; AFileName: String);
+var
+  parser: TDOMParser;
+  src: TXMLInputSource;
+  stream: TStream;
+begin
+  if (boBufStream in Workbook.Options) then
+    stream := TBufStream.Create(AFileName, fmOpenRead + fmShareDenyWrite)
+  else
+    stream := TFileStream.Create(AFileName, fmOpenRead + fmShareDenyWrite);
+
+  try
+    parser := TDOMParser.Create;
+    try
+      parser.Options.PreserveWhiteSpace := true;    // This preserves spaces!
+      src := TXMLInputSource.Create(stream);
+      try
+        parser.Parse(src, ADoc);
+      finally
+        src.Free;
+      end;
+    finally
+      parser.Free;
+    end;
+  finally
+    stream.Free;
+  end;
+end;
+
+
+end.
+
diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/xlsxooxml.pas b/components/fpspreadsheet/xlsxooxml.pas
index cb721af18..977f26a64 100755
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/xlsxooxml.pas
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/xlsxooxml.pas
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ uses
   {$ENDIF}
   laz2_xmlread, laz2_DOM,
   AVL_Tree,
-  fpspreadsheet, fpsutils;
+  fpspreadsheet, fpsutils, fpsxmlcommon;
   
 type
 
@@ -56,12 +56,10 @@ type
 
   { TsSpreadOOXMLReader }
 
-  TsSpreadOOXMLReader = class(TsCustomSpreadReader)
+  TsSpreadOOXMLReader = class(TsSpreadXMLReader)
   private
     FPointSeparatorSettings: TFormatSettings;
     FSharedStrings: TStringList;
-    function GetAttrValue(ANode: TDOMNode; AAttrName: string): string;
-    function GetNodeValue(ANode: TDOMNode): String;
     procedure ReadFont(ANode: TDOMNode);
     procedure ReadFonts(ANode: TDOMNode);
     procedure ReadSharedStrings(ANode: TDOMNode);
@@ -271,33 +269,6 @@ begin
   inherited Destroy;
 end;
 
-function TsSpreadOOXMLReader.GetAttrValue(ANode : TDOMNode; AAttrName : string) : string;
-var
-  i : integer;
-  Found : Boolean;
-begin
-  Found := false;
-  i := 0;
-  Result := '';
-  while not Found and (i < ANode.Attributes.Length) do begin
-    if ANode.Attributes.Item[i].NodeName = AAttrName then begin
-      Found := true;
-      Result := ANode.Attributes.Item[i].NodeValue;
-    end;
-    inc(i);
-  end;
-end;
-
-function TsSpreadOOXMLReader.GetNodeValue(ANode: TDOMNode): String;
-var
-  child: TDOMNode;
-begin
-  Result := '';
-  child := ANode.FirstChild;
-  if Assigned(child) and (child.NodeName = '#text') then
-    Result := child.NodeValue;
-end;
-
 procedure TsSpreadOOXMLReader.ReadFont(ANode: TDOMNode);
 var
   node: TDOMNode;
@@ -482,50 +453,6 @@ var
   StylesNode: TDOMNode;
   OfficeSettingsNode: TDOMNode;
 
-  { We have to use our own ReadXMLFile procedure (there is one in xmlread)
-    because we have to preserve spaces in element text for date/time separator.
-    As a side-effect we have to skip leading spaces by ourselves. }
-  procedure ReadXMLFile(out ADoc: TXMLDocument; AFileName: String);
-  var
-    parser: TDOMParser;
-    src: TXMLInputSource;
-    stream: TStream;
-//    fstream: TStream;
-  begin
-    {
-    if (boBufStream in Workbook.Options) then begin
-      fstream := TFileStream.Create(AFilename, fmOpenRead + fmShareDenyWrite);
-      stream := TMemorystream.Create;
-      stream.CopyFrom(fstream, fstream.Size);
-      stream.Position := 0;
-      fstream.free;
-    end
-    }
-
-    if (boBufStream in Workbook.Options) then
-      stream := TBufStream.Create(AFileName, fmOpenRead + fmShareDenyWrite)
-    else
-      stream := TFileStream.Create(AFileName, fmOpenRead + fmShareDenyWrite);
-
-    try
-      parser := TDOMParser.Create;
-      try
-        parser.Options.PreserveWhiteSpace := true;    // This preserves spaces!
-        src := TXMLInputSource.Create(stream);
-        try
-          parser.Parse(src, ADoc);
-        finally
-          src.Free;
-        end;
-      finally
-        parser.Free;
-      end;
-    finally
-      stream.Free;
-    end;
-  end;
-
-var
   s: String;
   node: TDOMNode;