diff --git a/src/gui/protein_list_view/protein_view.ui b/src/gui/protein_list_view/protein_view.ui
index ada3765aac46b0dbe3437eb607790c2b98116428..d8a6f55282b497470dca2f8eb7db822f3e1982cf 100644
--- a/src/gui/protein_list_view/protein_view.ui
+++ b/src/gui/protein_list_view/protein_view.ui
@@ -135,8 +135,20 @@
      <height>25</height>
     </rect>
    </property>
+   <widget class="QMenu" name="menuExport">
+    <property name="title">
+     <string>e&amp;xport</string>
+    </property>
+    <addaction name="actionAs_ODS_file"/>
+   </widget>
+   <addaction name="menuExport"/>
   </widget>
   <widget class="QStatusBar" name="statusbar"/>
+  <action name="actionAs_ODS_file">
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>as ODS file</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
  </widget>
  <resources/>
  <connections>
@@ -268,6 +280,22 @@
     </hint>
    </hints>
   </connection>
+  <connection>
+   <sender>actionAs_ODS_file</sender>
+   <signal>triggered()</signal>
+   <receiver>ProteinView</receiver>
+   <slot>doExportAsOdsFile()</slot>
+   <hints>
+    <hint type="sourcelabel">
+     <x>-1</x>
+     <y>-1</y>
+    </hint>
+    <hint type="destinationlabel">
+     <x>412</x>
+     <y>201</y>
+    </hint>
+   </hints>
+  </connection>
  </connections>
  <slots>
   <slot>doNotValidHide(bool)</slot>
@@ -278,5 +306,6 @@
   <slot>doMsrunFileSearch(QString)</slot>
   <slot>doScanNumberSearch(int)</slot>
   <slot>doModificationSearch(QString)</slot>
+  <slot>doExportAsOdsFile()</slot>
  </slots>
 </ui>
diff --git a/src/gui/protein_list_view/proteinlistwindow.cpp b/src/gui/protein_list_view/proteinlistwindow.cpp
index 73648355426d11880bc79d9f6c6fcf09d939c753..90324356786f223a7bfa494721d1196eaa40c6f0 100644
--- a/src/gui/protein_list_view/proteinlistwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/protein_list_view/proteinlistwindow.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ ProteinListQactionColumn::ProteinListQactionColumn(ProteinListWindow *parent,
 
 #if QT_VERSION >= 0x050000
   // Qt5 code
-  connect(this, &ProteinListQactionColumn::toggled, this,
+  connect(this,
+          &ProteinListQactionColumn::toggled,
+          this,
           &ProteinListQactionColumn::doToggled);
 #else
   // Qt4 code
@@ -116,26 +118,41 @@ ProteinListWindow::ProteinListWindow(ProjectWindow *parent)
 
 #if QT_VERSION >= 0x050000
   // Qt5 code
-  connect(_project_window, &ProjectWindow::identificationGroupGrouped, this,
+  connect(_project_window,
+          &ProjectWindow::identificationGroupGrouped,
+          this,
           &ProteinListWindow::doIdentificationGroupGrouped);
 
-  connect(this, &ProteinListWindow::proteinDataChanged, _protein_table_model_p,
+  connect(this,
+          &ProteinListWindow::proteinDataChanged,
+          _protein_table_model_p,
           &ProteinTableModel::onProteinDataChanged);
-  connect(ui->tableView, &QTableView::clicked, _p_proxy_model,
+  connect(ui->tableView,
+          &QTableView::clicked,
+          _p_proxy_model,
           &ProteinTableProxyModel::onTableClicked);
-  connect(ui->centralwidget, &QWidget::customContextMenuRequested, this,
+  connect(ui->centralwidget,
+          &QWidget::customContextMenuRequested,
+          this,
           &ProteinListWindow::showContextMenu);
-  connect(_protein_table_model_p, &ProteinTableModel::layoutChanged, this,
+  connect(_protein_table_model_p,
+          &ProteinTableModel::layoutChanged,
+          this,
           &ProteinListWindow::updateStatusBar);
 #else
   // Qt4 code
   connect(_project_window,
-          SIGNAL(identificationGroupGrouped(IdentificationGroup *)), this,
+          SIGNAL(identificationGroupGrouped(IdentificationGroup *)),
+          this,
           SLOT(doIdentificationGroupGrouped(IdentificationGroup *)));
 
-  connect(this, SIGNAL(proteinDataChanged()), _protein_table_model_p,
+  connect(this,
+          SIGNAL(proteinDataChanged()),
+          _protein_table_model_p,
           SLOT(onProteinDataChanged()));
-  connect(ui->tableView, SIGNAL(clicked(const QModelIndex &)), _p_proxy_model,
+  connect(ui->tableView,
+          SIGNAL(clicked(const QModelIndex &)),
+          _p_proxy_model,
           SLOT(onTableClicked(const QModelIndex &)));
   // connect(ui->tableView, SIGNAL(doubleClicked(const QModelIndex &)),
   // _p_proxy_model, SLOT(onTableDoubleClicked(const QModelIndex &)));
@@ -145,11 +162,15 @@ ProteinListWindow::ProteinListWindow(ProjectWindow *parent)
 
   // connect( this, SIGNAL( focusReceived(bool) ),this,
   // SLOT(doFocusReceived(bool)) );
-  connect(ui->centralwidget, SIGNAL(customContextMenuRequested(const QPoint &)),
-          this, SLOT(showContextMenu(const QPoint &)));
+  connect(ui->centralwidget,
+          SIGNAL(customContextMenuRequested(const QPoint &)),
+          this,
+          SLOT(showContextMenu(const QPoint &)));
   // connect(_p_proxy_model, SIGNAL(layoutChanged()),
   //        this, SLOT(doProxyLayoutChanged()));
-  connect(_protein_table_model_p, SIGNAL(layoutChanged()), this,
+  connect(_protein_table_model_p,
+          SIGNAL(layoutChanged()),
+          this,
           SLOT(updateStatusBar()));
 #endif
 }
@@ -448,3 +469,10 @@ ProteinListWindow::getProjectWindow()
 {
   return _project_window;
 }
+
+
+void
+ProteinListWindow::doExportAsOdsFile()
+{
+  qDebug() << __FILE__ << " " << __FUNCTION__ << " " << __LINE__;
+}
diff --git a/src/gui/protein_list_view/proteinlistwindow.h b/src/gui/protein_list_view/proteinlistwindow.h
index a1015a9a3cb4dae50f4d6ba401aacd6fc6ad002b..0f49e0100975f5b87d4204bc66d11239763208ac 100644
--- a/src/gui/protein_list_view/proteinlistwindow.h
+++ b/src/gui/protein_list_view/proteinlistwindow.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ class ProteinListWindow : public QMainWindow
   void doFocusReceived(bool has_focus);
   void
   doIdentificationGroupGrouped(IdentificationGroup *p_identification_group);
+  void doExportAsOdsFile();
   // void peptideEdited(QString peptideStr);
   // void setColor(const QColor &color);
   // void setShape(Shape shape);